Carnforth is a town in Lancashire located between Preston and Kendal. Carnforth Railway Station was the setting for exterior scenes in the 1945 film Brief Encounter, directed by David Lean and starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard.
"That Messrs Smyth and McTear’s application of the 11th inst. to name the street off south side of Albert Bridge Road to the Ropeworks entrance ‘Carnforth Street’ be granted. (TIC, 15th February 1888).