Scotforth

Scotforth
Scotforth
	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
District	Lancaster;
Shire county	Lancashire;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LANCASTER
Postcode district	LA1
Dialling code	01524
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Lancaster and Wyre;
	List of places UK England Lancashire 54°01′37″N 2°47′28″W / 54.027°N 2.791°W

Scotforth is a suburb in the south of the city of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. It is home to Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary School ^[1] and St Paul's Church. The civil parish, which does not include the suburb 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]}

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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[1] Scotforth St Paul's C of E Primary School Retrieved 15 March 2014

[2] Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Lancaster Retrieved 15 February 2010

[3] "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 8 June 2015.

[4] Fleury 1891, p. 154

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