Claughton Hall

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Claughton Hall (Claughton pronounced KLAF-tən) is a large country house in the English village of Claughton, Lancashire. A Grade I listed building, it dates to around 1600, but it contains material believed to be from the 15th century. The building was moved to its present site, from the bottom of the hill on which it sits, in 1932–35.

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St Chad's Church, Claughton

St Chad's Church is in the village of Claughton, Lancashire, England. It is a redundant Anglican parish church, which is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

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Claughton, Lancaster

Claughton 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. In the 2011 census Claughton was grouped with Roeburndale to give a total of 223. North of the village is the River Lune, and to the south is Claughton Moor and the fells of the Forest of Bowland.

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Farleton, Lancashire

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.

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Claughton railway station

Claughton railway station served the village of Claughton in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. The station was located near Low Lane at a level crossing, but was only in service for a short period. A private goods siding serving the nearby brickworks was laid soon after the 1923 Grouping by the LMS. The line remained in use until closure to passengers in 1966 between Wennington and Morecambe Promenade. Freight services finished the following year in June 1967 and the track was then dismantled. The formation has since been returned to agricultural land east of Caton. The station house survives as a private residence.

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River Wenning

The River Wenning is a tributary of the River Lune, flowing through North Yorkshire and Lancashire. The name derives from the Old English Wann, meaning dark river. The Wenning is formed from the confluence of Clapham Beck, which rises above Clapham, and Austwick Beck, which rises in Crummackdale above Austwick. It then flows westwards through High Bentham, Low Bentham and Wennington. The river flows for 14.09 miles and drains an area of 24.9 square miles. It joins the River Lune approximately 1 mile west of Hornby. This river's valley, together with Airedale, Wharfedale and upper Ribblesdale, made up the former district of Craven in North Yorkshire.

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It is built in sandstone with stone-slate roofs. At each end of the north front are tall projecting towers; the left tower is gabled, and the right tower has a hipped roof. In the top storey of both towers are continuous mullioned and transomed windows. The recessed section between them contains two chimneys on corbels, and a doorway flanked by three-light windows, and with an oriel window above. It has been the home of former Blackpool F.C. owner Owen Oyston since the 1970s. Oyston was found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at the property in 1996.

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Sources Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9 Historic England, "Claughton Hall, Claughton, Lancaster (1071676)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 April 2015