Scales, Lancashire
| Scales | |
| Lancashire | |
|---|---|
 The White Horse Inn public house, Scales | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SD269722 |
| Location: | 54°8’28"N, 3°7’5"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Ulverston |
| Postcode: | LA12 |
| Dialling code: | 01229 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Westmorland & Furness |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Barrow and Furness |
Scales is a small village in Lancashire, around three and a half miles south of the town of Ulverston.
The name Scales comes from the Old Norse skali, with an Old English plural *Scalas, meaning 'huts'.
The village has a long history, proven when mesolithic human remains were discovered in a cave in a limestone outcrop known as Scales Haggs to the east of the village.
A fragment of gravestone was once discovered in Aldingham Church, which bore an inscription to one Goditha of Scales, who it appears was an abbess and was probably the daughter of the local Lord, Michael le Fleming.
In the village
Aldingham Parish Hall serves as the village hall, but is known to locals as The Malt Kiln: it was converted from an old malt kiln, once have been used to dry and ferment locally grown barley into malt for use in vinegar, beer and bread making. Until relatively recently, it was possible to see remnants of the old process in the building but it has since been renovated.
The village has not have a primary school since Aldingham Parochial School closed down in 1994. The symbol of the three interconnected circles is still clearly visible on the renovated building, now a house.
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