Claughton, Lancaster
{{Short description|Village and parish in Lancashire, England}}
{{for|another Lancashire parish and village of the same name|Claughton, Wyre}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
{{infobox UK place
|country = England
|coordinates = {{coord|54.094|-2.664|display=inline,title}}
|static_image_name = St Chad's Church, Claughton.jpg
|static_image_caption = St Chad's Church, Claughton,
now redundant
|official_name = Claughton
|civil_parish = Claughton
|population = 209
|population_ref= (2011)
|shire_district = Lancaster
|shire_county = Lancashire
|region = North West England
|constituency_westminster = Lancaster and Fleetwood
|post_town = LANCASTER
|postcode_district = LA2
|postcode_area = LA
|dial_code = 01524
|os_grid_reference = SD562664
|pushpin_map = United Kingdom City of Lancaster#United Kingdom Forest of Bowland
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in the City of Lancaster district##Location in the Forest of Bowland
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Claughton ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|l|æ|f|t|ən}} {{respell|KLAF|tən}}) is a small village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. The village is on the A683 road east of Lancaster and at the time of the 2001 census had a population of 132.{{cite web|url=http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/documents/information/Parish_headcount.pdf |title=Parish headcount |access-date=2008-04-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210214612/http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/documents/information/Parish_headcount.pdf |archive-date=10 December 2006 }} In the 2011 census Claughton was grouped with Roeburndale (2001 pop. 76) to give a total of 223.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04005185|title=Claughton Parish|access-date=27 March 2021}}
North of the village is the River Lune, and to the south is Claughton Moor and the fells of the Forest of Bowland.
Local government
Claughton is part of the Lower Lune Valley ward, which elects two councillors to Lancaster City Council every four years.{{cite web | url=http://committeeadmin.lancaster.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.asp?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 | title=Your councillors | publisher=Lancaster City Council | year=2004 | accessdate=24 July 2008 }}
Industry
File:Aerial ropeway, Claughton - geograph.org.uk - 639705.jpg
There is a brickworks, Claughton Brickworks, in the village. Ropeway conveyors, which transport clay from Claughton Moor to the Claughton Brickworks, are suspended above the road (A683).{{cite web | url=http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/archaeologyandheritage/heritage/locations/caton.asp | title=Historic Landscapes of Bowland and The Lune Valley | publisher=Lancashire County Council | year=2008 | accessdate=24 July 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809002943/http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/archaeologyandheritage/heritage/locations/caton.asp|archivedate=9 August 2007}}{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RiYXI1Tfu4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/6RiYXI1Tfu4 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live| title=The UK's last aerial ropeway uses no power, moves 300 tonnes a day, and will be gone by 2036. | publisher=Tom Scott (entertainer) | year=2021 | accessdate=13 July 2021}}{{cbignore}}
Religious sites
St Chad's Church was closed by the Church of England in 2002 due to a decline in the number of worshippers and the fact that the building was in need of modernisation. The church was part of the Hornby with Claughton parish. There was a church on the site as early as 1100.{{cite web | url=http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/2002/10/31/587848.html | title=End of era for church | work=Lancashire Evening Telegraph | publisher=Newsquest Media Group | date=31 October 2002 | accessdate=24 July 2008 }}
Railway
The railway station (actually a crossing cottage{{cite web|url=http://www.tathamhistory.org.uk/resources/railway/5-station.php|title=Tatham area railways 1845-1914|accessdate=31 March 2015}}) was on the "Little" North Western Railway at {{Coord|54|05|43.47|N|2|40|2.15|W|display=inline}}. Trains running between Lancaster Green Ayre railway station and Wennington railway station stopped at Claughton between Caton and Hornby. In 1853, for example, the 11am from Morecambe to Skipton called at Claughton at 11.35.{{cite news|url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000399/18530122/055/0008|newspaper=Westmorland Gazette|date=22 January 1853|page=8|title=North Western Railway|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
See also
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References
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External links
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Category:Geography of the City of Lancaster
Category:Villages in Lancashire