Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Scorton

Scorton.-- eccl. dist. and vil. with ry. sta., Garstang par., N. Lancashire - dist., pop. 604; vil., 3½ miles N. of Garstang; P.O.; has a large cotton factory.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Garstang CP/AP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Scorton

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