Farleton, Lancashire

Farleton
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OS grid reference	SD572669
Civil parish	Hornby-with-Farleton
District	Lancaster
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LANCASTER
Postcode district	LA2
Dialling code	01524
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Morecambe and Lunesdale

Farleton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hornby-with-Farleton, in the Lancaster district, in the county of Lancashire, England. Farleton lies in the north of the county just to the south of the main A683 road, some 8½ miles northeast of Lancaster. The Toll House, a Grade II listed building was, in the 1920s, a garage.^[1][2]

History

The name "Farleton" may mean "the tūn of Faraldr or Farle".^[3] Farleton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Fareltun.^[4] Farleton was formerly a township in the parish of Melling,^[5] in 1866 Farleton became a separate civil parish,^[6] on 24 March 1887 the parish was abolished and merged with Hornby to form "Hornby with Farleton".^[7] In 1881 the parish had a population of 120.^[8]

White lines

In about 1922, John Willacy who then owned the garage on the main road at Farleton painted a white line to alert drivers to the bend after several accidents. This may be the earliest recorded road surface marking, although there is reportedly a Canadian claim contesting this.^[2][9]

References

1. "Toll House, Hornby-with-Farleton". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
2. "First white lines in the World?". Lancashire County Council. 2013. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
3. Eilert Ekwall (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names. Clarendon Press, 1960. p. 402. ISBN 0198691033. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
4. "Place name: Farleton". The National Archives. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
5. "History of Farleton, in Lancaster and Lancashire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
6. "Relationships and changes Farleton Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
7. "Lunesdale Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
8. "Population statistics Farleton Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
9. "Time takes its toll on Lancaster to Richmond road". Lancaster Guardian. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2024.

Exeternal links

• "Farleton". British History Online. Retrieved 30 November 2024.