300m yrs BC | 1066 | 1150 | 1290 | 1487 | 1574 | 1587 | 1610 | 1698 | 1713 | c1790 | 1793 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1853 | 1856 | 1861 | 1879 | 1882 | 1894 | 1897 | 1899 | 1907 | 1914-1918 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1933 | 1939 | 1939-1945 | 1962 | 1968 | 1972 | 1977 | 1993 | 2000 |
The trail starts here! |
Amounderness and Nether Wyresdale |
de Lancaster - Lords of the Manor for over 100 years |
de Rigmaiden - Lords of the Manor for over 300 years |
The origins of education |
Gerards - Lords of the Manor for over 100 years |
Earliest known reference to Scorton by name |
Scorton on the map for the first time? |
Duke(s) of Hamilton - Lords of the Manor for 150 years |
Catholic Chapel first established |
Cotton factory built - one of the earliest |
Village school founded |
The railway arrives in Scorton |
Railway Station opened |
Wesleyan Chapel opened |
Peter Ormrod buys Nether Wyresdale |
Wyresdale Park - building commences |
St Mary and St James church opened |
St Peter's church opened |
A new Village School is built |
Highly regarded Fish Hatchery established |
Wyresdale Lake - man made |
Hunt established |
Rifle Range opened |
Soldiers of World War I remembered |
New Village Hall and Institute |
Fire ruins the new Village Hall |
Village Hall Committee |
Map of the village |
Scorton Station closed |
A soldier of World War II remembered |
M6 Motorway arrives |
Olympic Gold |
Designated a Conservation Area |
Turkeys leave Scorton |
Britain in Bloom |
Millennium Way opened |