Catterall, ENG - Postcode - PR3 0PS
Postcode PR3 0PS serves Catterall in the Lancashire district of England. It is part of the PR3 outward code area. Use the map below for the exact location.
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Location Information
| City/Location/Ward | Catterall |
|---|---|
| County/District/Region | Lancashire |
| States or Province or Territories | England |
| States or Province or Territories Abbrieviation | ENG |
| Postcode | PR3 0PS |
GPS Coordinate
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 53.8763 |
| Longitude | -2.7926 |
Nearby Postcodes
| Location | Postcode |
|---|---|
| Blackburn | BB1 1AB |
| Blackburn | BB1 1AE |
| Blackburn | BB1 1AF |
| Blackburn | BB1 1AQ |
| Blackburn | BB1 1BA |
| Blackburn | BB1 1BB |
| Blackburn | BB1 1BD |
| Blackburn | BB1 1BG |
| Blackburn | BB1 1BH |
| Blackburn | BB1 1BJ |
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Catterall is located in Lancashire
About Catterall
Catterall, England
Located in the Wyre area of Lancashire, England, Catterall is both a settlement and a civil parish. It lies on the A6 between Lancaster and Preston, close to the town of Garstang and Myerscough College, and was formerly part of the Amounderness Hundred. The parish is bisected and sometimes delineated by the rivers Wyre, Calder, and Brock.
History of Catterall
Joseph Wadsworth, Thomas Goose, and Thomas Cartmell, three local men, were hanged on 14 February 1716 for participating in the Jacobite insurrection of 1715. It is said that they were put to death in Stocks Lane End. At present, the A6 meets Cock Robin Lane and Catterall Lane here.
There are a number of major thoroughfares that cut through the parish from north to south, including the A6, the M6 Motorway, the West Coast Main Line, the B6430, and the Lancaster Canal. On the West Coast Main Line stood the Garstang and Catterall railway station, which served the parish until its closure in the 1960s and subsequent demolition. Camorra associate Gennaro Panzuto was arrested in Catterall in May 2007 on murder charges.
Geography of Catterall
According to the 2011 census, there were a total of 2,280 people living in the parish of Catterall, with 1,124 males and 1,126 females.
Franklaw Water Treatment Works, located on Catterall Lane, is the largest employer in the town. In the decades following the 1960s, the location went from housing a pair of 'Dalek-style' boreholes to a huge water treatment facility managed by United Utilities. Collinson Plc, who make structures for the agricultural and industrial sectors, is the other major employer.
Etymology
The Domesday Book refers to Catterall as Catrehala. Catrehal (1272), Katerhalle (1277), and Caterhale, Caterale (1292) are all examples of later citations for this figure.
The origin of the name indicates that the 'hala' or 'halh' component may allude to a geographical feature, suggesting that the land mass comprising the parish was, in ancient times, a 'promontory into the marsh. Given that the parish's western border touches the lowlands of The Fylde, the idea does hold some allure. The initial part of the name, according to the same source, could refer to a feline. The old parish boundary was observed to look like a (cats'?) tongue, but other than that, no evidence has been found to corroborate the notion.