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Revision as of 16:06, 14 April 2018
| Scotforth | |
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 Scotforth Filter House | |
  Scotforth Location of suburb in Lancaster unparished area  Scotforth Location in the City of Lancaster district  Scotforth Location within Lancashire | |
| Population | 321 (parish, 2011) |
| OS grid reference | SD482593 |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LANCASTER |
| Postcode district | LA1 |
| Dialling code | 01524 |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Scotforth is a civil parish and a suburb in the south of the city of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. The suburb lies outside the parish. It is home to Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary School [1] and St Paul's Church. The parish had a population of 239 recorded in the 2001 census,[2] increasing to 321 at the 2011 Census.[3]
Parts of Lancaster were made up of several villages; Scotforth used to be a separate village. Some of the village's original terraces can still be seen on parts of Hala Road and Scotforth Road.
Cross Fleury, in his 1891 history of Lancaster, tells the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie's search for a suitable battlefield on which to make his last stand against the Duke of Cumberland. A potential site was identified in Scotforth, and were it not for the rebel Prince's sudden change of mind and continued retreat northwards, 'The Battle of Scotforth' might easily have become the name of that great rout in British history ... as opposed to the now infamous name of Culloden.[4]
Scotforth is home to St Paul's Church of England Primary School and to Dorrington Road, which is the longest terrace of houses in Europe.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ Scotforth St Paul's C of E Primary School Retrieved 15 March 2014
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Lancaster Retrieved 15 February 2010
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ^ Fleury 1891, p. 154
Sources
- Fleury, Cross (1891), Time-Honoured Lancaster: Historic Notes on the Ancient Borough of Lancaster, Eaton & Bulfield
External links
Media related to Scotforth at Wikimedia Commons
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