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It is widely believed Carnforth derived its name from its position by the ford crossing the River Keer. Settled by invading Danes, many place names in the surrounding district suggest Scandinavian origin – Hallgarth, Grisedale, and Thrang End are examples. Shifts in the salt marsh occasionally reveal shipyard artefacts including remnants of tools and half wrought shipyard timber.
Ancient Saxon Courts were held on a nearby hill known as Moot-How. Charles II encamped his army at Carnforth in 1651 on his way to Scotland. Carnforth developed in Victorian times around an ironworks built near an important railway junction. Carnforth Haematite Iron Company had four blast furnaces at work in 1870. Now more famous as a railway town, Carnforth Station was location for the filming of the well known film “Brief Encounter”. A range of specialist shops, newly refurbished War Memorial Square as well as pubs and restaurants make Carnforth the ideal base for a tour of the are and gateway to the Lake District.
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