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