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Flookburgh, Cumbria
Flookburgh maps
Historic maps of Flookburgh and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Flookburgh maps
Historic map of Flookburgh
Illustrated Victorian map of Cumbria
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Flookburgh books
Displaying 3 of 25 books about Flookburgh and the local area. View all Flookburgh 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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7 Flookburgh photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Flookburgh
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My aunt and uncle went to live in Flookburgh in the early 1950s. My mum, brother and myself went to stay with them on holiday. I can't remember where we got the coach to but my uncle laughed when we got off the coach with paper carrier bags with our clothes in (no suitcases for us in those days). The road... [more]
Shared on 02 June 2007
Cumbria memories
I have lived in the pretty village of Cartmel all my life and I love the quiet, calming atmosphere we have here. Once a friend and myself used to walk through the village with a nanny goat called Nancy and her 2 kids, we'd arrive in the square and rest at the market cross with the goats playing on the... [more]
Shared on 23 October 2006
My grandad convalesced here, James Taylor. He died in 1976. I hope to take my mum to see the place this year. I have 3 postcards of the place, one of the statue, the bowling green and the entrance drive.
Shared on 14 September 2009
I worked at the Grange Hotel from 1983 until 1986. I lived in Grange for another six years at The Cottage, Graythwaite Manor. I left Grange in 1992 with my family when we moved to Australia. Enjoyed seeing the old photos of Grange, especially the one of the Grange Hotel.
Shared on 08 February 2009
The gentleman with the scythe over his shoulder was my grandfather. His name was Joseph Jackson, born in 1849 at Bootle in Cumberland. He spent most of his life as a tenant farmer, first at Canleton Farm near Egremont also in Cumberland. He then moved to Lane Ends Farm at Haverthwaite in what was then Lancashire owing to... [more]
Shared on 06 April 2006
The Whitewater Hotel at Backbarrow, near Newby Bridge
I stayed in Backbarrow for several days at the Whitewater Hotel which has been converted from a former mill building by the river. The lobby of this lovely "spa hotel" has display cabinets of memorabilia from its industrial heyday in the last century which was interesting and I recommend a visit.
My wife Elizabeth and I used this... [more]
Shared on 18 April 2008
Grandmother lived in Penny Bridge manor
My grandmother Sarah Hewitt was supposed to have lived in Penny Bridge manor and had a sister, I think, who drowned crossing the river - before the bridge was put in, maybe? - but I cannot find any information on her or her family. I would really appreciate any information.
What a beautiful place!!
Shared on 23 May 2009
My mothers was evacuated to Penny Bridge during WW2
My mother Iris Woods was evacuated to Penny Bridge during WW2. She first stayed at Penny Bridge House with the Stanley sisters - Franny & Alice? She then was moved to Mrytle Cottage to live with Fred & Ellen Stanley.
She has very fond and happy memories of her time there. I'm trying to trace some information... [more]
Shared on 01 December 2008
Extracts From Flookburgh & Cumbria books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Flookburgh, inspired by Frith photos.
Furness and Cartmel Peninsulas Photographic Memories
On the right is The Hope and Anchor. The only traffic is a boy with a wheelbarrow. On the left is the market cross, which was erected in 1882 on the site of an ancient cross. Edward I granted Flookburgh its first charter in 1412. The old church stood by the trees.
This is an extract from Furness and Cartmel Peninsulas Photographic Memories.
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Flookburgh, a charming and ancient market town between the Kent Estuary and Cartmel Sands, takes its name from Floki, the name of a Norse settler. It was renowned for its cockle gatherers and fishing for flukes, or flat fish, in the estuary. In this view it is obvious that a photographer was a rare sight.
This is an extract from Cumbria Photographic Memories.
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Furness and Cartmel Peninsulas Photographic Memories
Local people believe that Flookburgh got its name from the fluke, a fish caught in Morecambe Bay, and a representation of one is on the weather vane. This church opened in 1900, replacing St Mary's Church.
This is an extract from Furness and Cartmel Peninsulas Photographic Memories.
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