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Abbey Town maps
Historic maps of Abbey Town and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Abbey Town maps
Historic map of Abbey Town
Illustrated Victorian map of Cumbria
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Abbey Town books
Displaying 3 of 25 books about Abbey Town and the local area. View all Abbey Town books
A Taste of Cumbria and the Lake District
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Cumbria Photographic Memories
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Grange-over-Sands Photographic Memories
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Cumbria memories
Like many people who live in Cumbria I come from another part of the country. This is why I am particularly interested in the history of where I now live in Fletchertown.
The Fletchertown Community Group is putting together an Archive for the parish of Allhallows. So far we have over two thousand pictures and a lot of information from our... [more]
Shared on 03 October 2008
I have fond memories of Brookfield School, Wigton.
I was a foreign exchange student at Brookfield School in 1984-85. Coming from Mexico I found the place to be a completely different planet from what I was used to at home. I must say that year was one of the happiest and most exciting in my whole life. I am now 40. I was there when the school was taken... [more]
Shared on 20 November 2008
I was born in wigton in 1951. We lived at 19 Brackenlands, a friendly housing estate where everyone knew everyone. My early years were spent at Saint Cuthberts school and at the age of eleven attended the secondary modern or affectionately called the whitewashed cow shed. The school has been replaced by houses now. On leaving school I went to work... [more]
Shared on 29 April 2007
I lived in Wigton for the first 8 years of my life, so 1955 is a mid point!
I have happy memories of the town. We lived in West Avenue when it was known as 'the avenue' - an unmade up road and for years I thought that if a road was called 'avenue' it was full of puddles when it... [more]
Shared on 29 September 2006
My dad had the grocers shop opposite the gift shop, there was a shoe shop a childrens clothes shop, a launderette, a wool shop, Mrs Tinnion with her small Pekinese dogs, Bobby Askews the hardware shop who sold absolutely everything anyone ever needed. The huge ugly car park was built and some smaller houses were pulled down. Robinsons fish and chip... [more]
Shared on 25 August 2007
My great-grandparents Robert Close and Annie Head were married at this church on January 8th 1888.
Shared on 01 June 2006
My father was raised in Bowness on Solway. His father lived in the cottage in the street. My grandfather, Mr John Stafford, was one of the men who used to go 'Haafnet fishing' so it was good to visit and stroll down the same roads my ancestors trod.
Shared on 06 January 2009
Extracts From Abbey Town & Cumbria books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Abbey Town, inspired by Frith photos.
It is ten past twelve on a summer's afternoon in the mid-sixties in this sleepy North Cumbrian town - and there is not a vehicle in sight in the length of the long Main Street. Abbeytown takes its name from the 12th-century Holme Cultram Abbey, parts of which are incorporated in the parish church of St Mary.
This is an extract from Cumbria Photographic Memories.
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Carlisle - A History & Celebration
In fact, the story of Carlisle is a fascinating tale of one of the oldest cities in the country. Featuring Romans and railways, biscuits and battles, fires and floods, few cities have packed so much into their history. So how can the smallest city in England have had so eventful an existence? This book will guide you through the main events that have shaped Carlisle's unique history and take... [more]
This is an extract from Carlisle - A History & Celebration.
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Carlisle - A History & Celebration
Cumbria by open expanses of moss and marsh. Only the narrow Eden Valley offers an opening, running south-east to Stainmoor and lowland England. From their sources on the high land, the numerous rivers run across this landscape and make their winding ways toward the coast. Carlisle marks the place where three of these rivers meet - the Peveril, the Caldew and, most importantly, the Eden; a point that is also marked... [more]
This is an extract from Carlisle - A History & Celebration.
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