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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Suburb of Lancaster, England}}<br />
{{about|the suburb of Lancaster|the civil parish, which does not include the suburb|Scotforth (parish)}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}<br />
{{Use British English|date=April 2015}}<br />
{{Infobox UK place<br />
| static_image_name = Filter House, Scotforth - geograph.org.uk - 643231.jpg<br />
| static_image_caption = Scotforth Filter House<br />
| official_name = Scotforth<br />
| civil_parish = <br />
| country = England<br />
| region = North West England<br />
| population = <br />
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| os_grid_reference = SD482593<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|54.027|-2.791|type:city(500)_region:GB|display=inline,title}}<br />
| post_town = LANCASTER<br />
| postcode_area = LA<br />
| postcode_district = LA1<br />
| dial_code = 01524<br />
| shire_district = [[City of Lancaster|Lancaster]]<br />
| shire_county = [[Lancashire]]<br />
| constituency_westminster = [[Lancaster and Fleetwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Lancaster and Fleetwood]]<br />
| pushpin_map = United Kingdom Lancaster#United Kingdom City of Lancaster<br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of suburb in Lancaster unparished area##Location in the City of Lancaster district<br />
}}<br />
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'''Scotforth''' is a [[suburb]] in the south of the city of [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]] in [[Lancashire]], England. It is home to Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary School <ref>[http://www.scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/ Scotforth St Paul's C of E Primary School] Retrieved 15 March 2014</ref> and [[St Paul's Church, Scotforth|St Paul's Church]].<br />
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Parts of [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]] were made up of several villages; Scotforth used to be a separate village. Some of the village's original [[terraced house|terrace]]s can still be seen on parts of Hala Road and Scotforth Road.<br />
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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 [[Prince William, Duke of Cumberland|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&nbsp;... as opposed to the now infamous name of [[Battle of Culloden|Culloden]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Fleury|1891|p=154}}</ref><br />
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Scotforth is home to St Paul's Church of England Primary School. Lancaster Animal Care, a local animal charity is also based there.{{citation needed|date=August 2009}} The suburb has bus routes operated by [[Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire]] heading towards the university in the south and Morecambe in the north.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{Citation | last = Fleury| first = Cross| year = 1891| title = Time-Honoured Lancaster: Historic Notes on the Ancient Borough of Lancaster| publisher = Eaton & Bulfield}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Genuki|county=LAN|Scotforth}}<br />
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[[Category:Populated places in Lancashire]]<br />
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