Aughton on the Lune
- Not to be confused with Aughton, Ormskirk
| Aughton | |
| Lancashire | |
|---|---|
 St Saviour's Church, Aughton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SD550672 |
| Location: | 54°5’57"N, 2°41’20"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Lancaster |
| Postcode: | LA2 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Lancaster |
Aughton (pronounced ˈæftən) is a riverside hamlet on the north bank of the River Lune in Lancashire, three miles north-east and upstream of Halton, and five miles north-east of Lancaster.
The name of the hamlet is from the Old English Actun, meaning "Oak Village", and it is recorded as such in the Domesday Book of 1086.
Aughton consists mainly of stone cottages and St Saviour's Church, which is located on Aughton Road to the north of the hamlet. The church was built in 1864 and designed by architect Edward Graham Paley.[1]
The Aughton Pudding
An unusual tradition of the village is the Aughton Pudding, a gigantic pudding baked every 21 years over a celebratory weekend. The pudding made in 1992 was entered into the Guinness Book of Records as the largest pudding in the world. The festival in 2013 was a well attended and a financial success (although no world record was attempted) and the profits went to support St Saviour's and the Recreation Rooms.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Halton-with-Aughton) |
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Lancashire: North, 2009 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9page 88