The name Hoscar is derived from the Old Norsehross or Old Englishhors and kjarr (marshland), again from the Old Norse. An early recorded form is Horsecarr (1347).[1]
Geographyedit
The village is bounded to the north east by the River Douglas, and to the south is the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. To the north west is the moss from which the village derives its name. Parts of the moss are only 20 feet above sea level.[2]
Worshipedit
St Cyprian's Mission Church, built in 1767, is located on Hoscar Moss Road and is open for services. It is a mission church for St John the Baptist, Burscough.[3] There is also a former Wesleyan Methodist chapel, founded before 1892[4] that is now a private house, also located on Hoscar Moss Road.
Farming and agricultureedit
Many different methods of agriculture have been practiced in Hoscar and its surrounding areas. These include; turf cultivation, arable crops and grazing for both cattle and sheep.
Farms
Bleak Hall Farm
Tyrer's Farm
Hoscar Hall Farm
Sandyway's Farm
Moss Grove Farm - formerly a poultry farm, now renamed Moss Grove Cottage and since 2012 derelict.
The village is served by Hoscar railway station. The station once boasted a goods yard which was used by local farmers to get their crops to the markets of Wigan, Manchester and Southport quickly.[5]
Referencesedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hoscar.
^Pg.96 Viking Mersey: Scandinavian Wirral, West Lancashire and Chester By Stephen Harding
^"Hoscar". Community Rail Lancashire. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
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