Carleton
The Castle Gardens public house
Carleton is located in the Borough of Wyre
Carleton
Carleton
Shown within Wyre Borough
Carleton is located in the Fylde
Carleton
Carleton
Shown on the Fylde
Carleton is located in Lancashire
Carleton
Carleton
Location within Lancashire
OS grid referenceSD330393
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPOULTON-LE-FYLDE
Postcode districtFY6
Dialling code01253
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

Carleton is a village on the coastal plain of the Fylde in the Borough of Wyre in Lancashire, England. It consists of Great Carleton, Little Carleton, Norcross and Whiteholme and is situated close to Poulton-le-Fylde. Other nearby settlements include Thornton, Bispham and Blackpool. Historically, Carleton was in the parish of Poulton-le-Fylde. It borders the Borough of Blackpool immediately to the west.

Shops and amenities

Shops and restaurants in Carleton include The Castle Gardens pub, Suda Thai restaurant and takeaway, Gleaves newsagents, a fish and chip shop, convenience store, barbers, several hairdressers, a dry cleaners, a chemist and A GP surgery.

History

Carleton was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Carlentun.[1] The name usually means "farmstead or estate of the freemen or peasants", derived from the Old Scandinavian word karl and the Old English word tūn.[2] Its area was estimated in that survey to be four carucates of land and it was owned by Earl Tostig.[3][4] In the 12th century, Carleton was owned by Gilbert Fitz Reinfred, and in the 13th century, by Emma de St. John.[4]

A free school, Carleton St Hilda's C of E Primary School, was founded in 1604 and is still open today.[5]

Carleton Crematorium and Cemetery opened in 1935.

Governance

Carleton is an electoral ward in the parliamentary constituency of Wyre and Preston North. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 4,061.[6] Since its creation in 2010, Wyre and Preston North has been represented at Parliament by Conservative MP Ben Wallace.

Religion

The Anglican church of St Hilda of Whitby and the Roman Catholic church of St Martin de Porres share a site on Fleetwood Road.[7] St Hilda's is part of the ecclesiastical parish of St Chad's Church, Poulton-le-Fylde in the Diocese of Blackburn.[8] St Martin's is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster.

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Carleton and Little Carleton, Lancashire, Yorkshire", Domesday Book, The National Archives, 1086, retrieved 7 September 2010
  2. ↑ Mills (1998), p. 71
  3. ↑ Farrer & Brownbill (1912), pp. 228-231
  4. 1 2 Porter (1876), p. 280
  5. ↑ Porter (1876), p. 284
  6. ↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Carleton, Lancashire Genealogy", GENUKI, 30 June 2010, retrieved 12 September 2010
  8. ↑ "Church Details: Carleton St Hilda of Whitby", blackburn.anglican.org, Diocese of Blackburn, archived from the original on 28 September 2011, retrieved 31 May 2011

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