Lancashire
Lancaster
Warton

Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a ruin of a former rectory in the village of , near , , England. Owned by the Yearron/Bell family and under the protection of English Heritage, it has been designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I listed building.
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: ruin of a former rectory in Warton, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Old Rectory, Warton” and “Warton Old Rectory”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Oswald’s Church and Warton Crag.

Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Oswald's Church is in the village of , , England. It is an active Anglican in the deanery of Tunstall, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.

Scenic viewpoint
is a limestone hill in north west , England. It lies to the north west of village, in City of Lancaster district. At 163 metres it is the highest point in the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is listed as a "HuMP" or "Hundred Metre Prominence", having a "drop" or "prominence" of 126 metres with its parent being . is situated 3,000 feet northwest of Old Rectory.

Railway station
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carnforth is a railway station on the Bentham and Furness Lines, sited 6 miles north of , England; it serves the market town of , in , England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. is situated 1 mile south of Old Rectory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carnforth and Borwick.

Photo: Jay Son, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small market town in in Northwest England. It's best known for its railway station, location for the 1945 David Lean film Brief Encounter, with the station clock ticking relentlessly to trammel the characters' lives.

Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district of , England, about 8 miles north of , on the . is situated 1½ miles east of Old Rectory.

Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , England. It is located 5 kilometres north east of , in the City of Lancaster, close to the boundary with . is situated 2 miles northeast of Old Rectory.

Old Rectory

Latitude
54.14425° or 54° 8′ 39″ north
Longitude
-2.76816° or 2° 46′ 5″ west
Open location code
9C6V46VJ+MP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1638478716
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q3183879
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In Other Languages

“Old Rectory” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “華頓老牧師館”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Old Rectory”. Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.