Bay Horse

For the pub in York, see Bay Horse, York. For the colour bay in horses, see Bay (horse).

Bay Horse
The Bay Horse Inn
Bay Horse is located in the City of Lancaster district
Bay Horse
Bay Horse
Location in the City of Lancaster district
Bay Horse is located in Lancashire
Bay Horse
Bay Horse
Location within Lancashire
OS grid referenceSD492530
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLANCASTER
Postcode districtLA2
Dialling code01524
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Lancashire
53°58′12″N 2°46′26″W / 53.970°N 2.774°W / 53.970; -2.774

Bay Horse is a sparsely populated hamlet in the English county of Lancashire. It lies between Lancaster and Preston to the north and south respectively.

Geography

To the west is the Irish Sea, and to the east is the Forest of Bowland, partly owned by the Royal Family.[1]

History

In August 1848, a north-bound London & North Western Railway train from London Euston to Glasgow collided with a small local train at Bay Horse station, killing 1, injuring 20.

Newland Hall is a country house and the former seat of the Owtrams, a local mill-owning family.[2] Colonel Cary Owtram OBE (1900-1993) gained prominence after the publication of a secret diary that he kept during his three-and-a-half-year stint as a prisoner of war in Thailand during World War II.[3]

Community

The local area is mostly farmland, the nearest large urban area being Lancaster, approximately five miles away. Approximately 100 inhabitants reside in Bay Horse. The main road through Bay Horse is Whams Lane, which is used by motorcyclists on their way to Devils Bridge at Kirkby Lonsdale.

The Hamlet is served by the nearby St John's Church (CofE) in Ellel, which acts as its parish church.

Travel

The Lancaster Canal bisects the village, and the M6 motorway runs through the village.

Bay Horse railway station closed due to low usage in the 1960s.

Pub

There are no amenities in the hamlet, apart from a single pub, the Bay Horse Inn, after which the village is named. Even though the boundaries of Bay Horse are uncertain, there is a riding school on the outskirts called Bay Horse School.[4]

References

  1. ^ Pukas, Anna (18 September 2013). "ROYAL RETREATS REVEALED: Where the Queen, Kate and William go to get away from it all..." Express.co.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  2. ^ "How a small north Lancashire village has links to a Thai POW camp". Great British Life. 13 June 2018.
  3. ^ Owtram, Cary (31 May 2017). 1000 Days on the River Kwai: The Secret Diary of a British Camp Commandant. Casemate Publishers. ISBN 9781473897823.
  4. ^ "Bay Horse School Of Equitation, Horse Riding School in Preston, Lancashire". Riding-schools.com. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
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