Carleton is a village on the

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of the Fylde in the

Borough of Wyre Wyre is a local government district with borough status on the coast of Lancashire, England. The council is based in Poulton-le-Fylde and the borough also contains the towns of Cleveleys, Fleetwood, Garstang, Preesall and Thornton, along w ...

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, England. It consists of Great Carleton, Little Carleton, Norcross and Whiteholme and is situated close to

Poulton-le-Fylde Poulton-le-Fylde (), commonly shortened to Poulton, is a market town in Lancashire, England, situated on the coastal plain called the Fylde. In the 2021 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 18,115. There is evidence of human habitatio ...

. Other nearby settlements include Thornton, Bispham and

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. It is the main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool ...

. Historically, Carleton was in the parish of Poulton-le-Fylde. It borders the

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immediately to the west.

History

Carleton was listed in the

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of 1086 as ''Carlentun''. The name usually means "farmstead or estate of the freemen or peasants", derived from the Old Scandinavian word ''karl'' and the

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word ''tūn''. Its area was estimated in that survey to be four

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s of land and it was owned by Earl Tostig. In the 12th century, Carleton was owned by Gilbert Fitz Reinfred, and in the 13th century, by Emma de St. John. A free school, Carleton St Hilda's C of E Primary School, was founded in 1604 and is still open today. Carleton Crematorium and Cemetery opened in 1935.

Governance

Carleton is an

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in the

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of Wyre and Preston North. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 4,061. Since its creation in 2010, Wyre and Preston North has been represented at Parliament by

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MP Ben Wallace. Following the Constituency Boundary Review 2023, Carleton will sit in the Blackpool North and Fleetwood constituency for the next general election in 2024 or 2025. In 1866 Carleton became a separate

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, on 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with

, Poulton le Fylde and Thornton. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1508. It is now in the

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of Poulton le Fylde.

Religion

The

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church of St Hilda of Whitby and the Roman Catholic church of St Martin de Porres share a site on Fleetwood Road. St Hilda's is part of the

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of St Chad's Church, Poulton-le-Fylde in the Diocese of Blackburn. St Martin's is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster.

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* {{authority control Villages in Lancashire Former civil parishes in Lancashire Geography of the Borough of Wyre