In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Scorton like this:
SCORTON, a village in Garstang parish, Lancashire; on the river Wyre, under Wyresdale fells, adjacent to the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, 3 miles N by E of Garstang. It has a station on the railway, a post-office under Garstang, a Wesleyan chapel of 1842, a Roman Catholic chapel of 1862, a British school, and a largecotton factory.
Additional information about this locality is available for Garstang
Scorton through time
Scorton is now part of Wyre district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wyre has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Scorton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Scorton, in Wyre and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24664
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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