Bay Horse

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Bay Horse
The Bay Horse Inn
Bay Horse Location in the City of Lancaster district Show map of the City of Lancaster district Bay Horse Location within Lancashire Show map of Lancashire
OS grid reference	SD492530
Civil parish	Ellel
District	City of Lancaster
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LANCASTER
Postcode district	LA2
Dialling code	01524
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Lancaster and Wyre
List of places UK England Lancashire 53°58′12″N 2°46′26″W / 53.970°N 2.774°W / 53.970; -2.774

Bay Horse is a sparsely populated hamlet in the English county of Lancashire. It lies between Lancaster and Preston to the north and south respectively.

To the west is the Irish Sea, and to the east is the Forest of Bowland, partly owned by the Royal Family.^[1]

In August 1848, a north-bound London & North Western Railway train from London Euston to Glasgow collided with a small local train at Bay Horse station, killing 1, injuring 20.

Newland Hall is a country house and the former seat of the Owtrams, a local mill-owning family.^[2] Colonel Cary Owtram OBE (1900-1993) gained prominence after the publication of a secret diary that he kept during his three-and-a-half-year stint as a prisoner of war in Thailand during World War II.^[3]

The local area is mostly farmland, the nearest large urban area being Lancaster, approximately five miles away. Approximately 100 inhabitants reside in Bay Horse. The main road through Bay Horse is Whams Lane, which is used by motorcyclists on their way to Devils Bridge at Kirkby Lonsdale.

The Hamlet is served by the nearby St John's Church (CofE) in Ellel, which acts as its parish church.

The Lancaster Canal bisects the village, and the M6 motorway runs through the village.

Bay Horse railway station closed due to low usage in the 1960s.

There are no amenities in the hamlet, apart from a single pub, the Bay Horse Inn, after which the village is named. Even though the boundaries of Bay Horse are uncertain, there is a riding school on the outskirts called Bay Horse School.^[4]

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