Singleton, Lancashire
Singleton | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | POULTON-LE-FYLDE | |
Postcode district | FY6 | |
Dialling code | 01253 | |
Police | Lancashire | |
Fire | Lancashire | |
Ambulance | North West | |
UK Parliament | ||
Singleton is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. It is situated on the coastal plain called the Fylde. It is located south-east of Poulton-le-Fylde, and at the 2001 census had a population of 877,[1] increasing to 889 at the 2011 Census.[2] The parish is sometimes referred to as two parts – Great Singleton is the larger part containing the village, and Little Singleton is a small area north of the village bordering the River Wyre.[3]
History
At the time of the
Singleton Hall is a Gothic-styled mansion on Lodge Lane, built in 1855 by Thomas Miller (1811-1865), son of a prominent Preston industrialist, also named Thomas Miller. The Hall was later used by
The Miller family also commissioned Singleton's
Fracking
In 2011, drilling equipment was installed at Grange Hill, east of the village, to test for
Governance
Singleton is combined with
The village is represented in the
See also
References
Footnotes
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Fylde Retrieved 9 February 2010
- Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ a b Farrer & Brownbill (1912), pp. 183–188
- ^ Storey (2001), p. 9
- ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1922). The Place Names of Lancashire. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
- ^ "History of Singleton". The Richard Dumbreck Singleton Trust.
- ISBN 9780300126679.
- ^ Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 613
- English heritage, retrieved 30 October 2010
- ^ Harvey, Fiona (24 September 2011). "Energy firm Cuadrilla discovers huge gas reserves under Lancashire". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ Gosden, Emily (5 July 2013). "Cuadrilla and Centrica unveil two-year fracking programme". The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ "The Borough of Fylde (Electoral Changes) Order 2001" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. 3 July 2001.
- ^ "Singleton and Greenhalgh". Fylde Borough Council. Archived from the original on 9 March 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
Sources
- Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1912), "Townships — Singleton", A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 7, Constable, OCLC 59626695
- Hartwell, Clare; ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
- Storey, Christine (2001), Poulton-le-Fylde, ISBN 0-7524-2442-4
External links
- Media related to Singleton, Lancashire at Wikimedia Commons