Warton, Lancaster

Warton
St Oswald's Church
Warton is located in the City of Lancaster district
Warton
Warton
Location in the City of Lancaster district
Warton is located in Lancashire
Warton
Warton
Location within Lancashire
Population2,360  (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSD500726
Civil parish
  • Warton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCARNFORTH
Postcode districtLA5
Dialling code01524
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Lancashire
54°08′49″N 2°45′58″W / 54.147°N 2.766°W / 54.147; -2.766

Warton is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. The village is close to the boundary with Cumbria, and approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Carnforth, which was originally part of the parish of Warton. The village had a population of 2,315 at the 2001 census, and 2,360 at the 2011 census.[1] The parish covers an area in excess of 11,000 acres (45 km2) and is predominantly rural.

The earliest record of the Warton is in the Domesday Book of 1086. The village contains Warton Old Rectory, the ruins of a late thirteenth- or early fourteenth-century clergyman's house. The parish church, dedicated to Saint Oswald, has links to the Washington family, the ancestors of the first president of the United States of America, George Washington.

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Warton Parish (1170215059)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 September 2017.