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Cartmel Fell maps

Historic maps of Cartmel Fell and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Cartmel Fell maps

Cartmel Fell photos

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Lakeside| Staveley| Newby Bridge| Crosthwaite| Winster| Backbarrow| Field Broughton| Lindale| Levens| Haverthwaite| Crook| Bowness-On-Windermere| Cartmel| Sandside| Esthwaite Water| Arnside| Milnthorpe| Greenodd| Beetham

Cartmel Fell area books

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Memories of Cartmel Fell

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A Steamer Ride on Windermere

The Terminal 1907
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In April 2008 I went on holiday to the Lakes with my wife, Elizabeth, and we enjoyed a day's outing here. We first took a steam train from Haverthwaite through Newby Bridge to Lakeside where the steamer quay looks not much different from the view shown in this photo. Then we boarded a steamer which took us up the lake as far as Windermere. We disembarked for a couple of hours looking round the town while the steamer went on to Ambleside. Windermere now seems totally focussed on tourists and there was a wide choice of gifts, postcards and ice creams but rather a poor choice of groceries! However do the local residents survive?
We rejoined our steamer for its afternoon sailing back to Lakeside and thoroughly enjoyed our outing.

Childrens Names.

The Swan Hotel 1914
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The children in the boat are Leslie (boy), Harry (his brother), Noel (his sister) Wren. His other sister Millie Wren is sitting on the riverbank. The other child is a neighbour. For many years Millie Wren was a teacher at Lightburn School, Ulverston.

John Wilson

The Swan Hotel 1914
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My grandfather worked as wheelwright for Thomas Wren, ajoining the Swan Hotel. Can any relitive of Thomas Wren please give me any more information? His name was John Hartley Wilson of Lakeside.
My E Mail is johnwilson45@tiscali.co.uk THANK YOU
Ken Wilson

Staveley Village

The Swan Hotel 1914
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I would like to share with your readers that my father Alban Crossley was born in Staveley and his mother Ethel Crossley (nee Bateman) worked in the bobbin mill in Staveley. Unfortunately my grandfather Michael Crossley died as a result of a motorbike accident. My father died in 1983 age 59years old.
We lived in Staveley in 1976 and I really liked the area and have been to visit it on a few occasions over the years. I wonder does any of your readers have any photos of any of my relatives as I have very little information on them apart from my father photographed in the book on Staveley school winning a race. Looking forward to a reply.

Newby Bridge Police Station

I lived in Newby Bridge during the late 50s and early 60s . My father was the Police Sergeant based at Newby Bridge Police Station which was near the roundabout with the turning to Windermere/Ambleside . I visited Newby Bridge last year and was sad to see that the Police Station had been demolished to make way for the roundabout. I stayed at the Swan but no one seems to recall the Police Station and I wondered whether any of you good people have recollections of it
I look forward to hearing from you

Kay/Key Moss Farm, Witherslack

My great-great-great-grandfather JOSEPH FLETCHER Esq lived at Kay Moss Farm (as it was called then), now known as Key Moss. He is buried along with 3 of his children who died young and 1 daughter Ellen at St Paul's church. he had 4 living children: John - corn miller/merchant(Liverpool) Nicholas Richard - mathematics instructor, Royal Naval College(London). Nicholas's son Reginald becomes Lord Winster of Witherslack (1942). Ellen - dies 1878 aged 33, unmarried, buried St Paul's, Witherslack Mary Ann - fancy goods shop, 19 King Street, Ulverston. Unmarried. My dad took his mother (Annie), granddaughter of John Fletcher, to visit the area, friends and family around 1955, as her happiest childhood memories were of her holidays spent at the farm, riding the pony and trap up and down the tracks. She also went to the farm where two family members still lived. Also the spa cottages, where at the time everyone knew who she was as they all came out to talk to her. Does anyone have any info or memories on this family anywhere? Or... Read more

My Grandmother Owned The Brown Horse Inn Until 1922

Brown Horse Inn c1960
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My grandparents Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Carl Stronnel owned the Brown Horse Inn until 1922 when my grandmother and my mother emigrated to Canada.  My grandmother had  divorced prior to their departure.  The present photo is very
similar to the one that hung on the wall of my grandmother's home, I believe the one she had had a horse in the sign which as I recall hung out front.  My grandmother was a school teacher in the area, her maiden name was Margaret Atkinson.  Her father Enoch Atkinson captained the ferry on Lake Windermere.  While a member of the RCAF in 1957 I attempted to visit the Inn but it was closed while the owners were on holiday.  Unfortunately I never did get back to see it but still hope one day soon, I hope.   

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