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Lancaster, Lancashire

Lancaster photos

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Lancaster maps

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

Lancaster map

Historic map of Lancaster

Lancashire map

Illustrated Victorian map of Lancashire

Lancaster map

Historic Map of any Lancaster postcode

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Lancaster books

Displaying 3 of 14 books about Lancaster and the local area.   View all Lancaster books

Lancashire - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14

Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14

The Fylde Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14

Lancaster books
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Memories of Lancaster

Lancaster memories
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chapel

Each week, as a 15 - 16 year-old, I used to cycle from Morecambe on a Sunday morning for an organ lesson at the chapel of the Moor Hospital. It was uphill there and downhill home. My teacher was the organist there, also Director of Music at LRGS, and my lesson started after the Sunday morning service. As I progressed I... [more]

Shared on 24 April 2008 by Ian Gerrard.

Henrys. Market Street.

I used to work at Henrys store, in the stock room. It was my first real job. It was a great old place. In the cellar was a secret passage way to the castle, bricked up from when there was a farmhouse there, I was told.
Christmas time was fantastic with Father Christmas and the grotto, and Father Christmas was my... [more]

Shared on 07 December 2008 by Allan Holmes.

Williamson Park Gate House

The 1881 census shows my grandfather (John Smart) and his family living in this house.  He was the Landscape Gardener of the park.

Shared on 14 October 2006 by Hazel Veitch.

Lancashire memories

Torrisholme in the 1960s and 1970s

My name is Susan Railton (nee Price) and I grew up in Torrisholme in the 1960s and 1970s. It was always a place where everyone knew and cared about each other. I lived on Hyde Road and could see The Square from my bedroom. I remember going to the corner shops where Booths is now. I especially loved Mr Lupton's (I... [more]

Shared on 07 December 2008 by Susan Railton.

Extracts From Lancaster & Lancashire books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Lancaster, inspired by Frith photos.

Lancashire - A Second Selection Photographic Memories

Later known as the Lancaster Moor Hospital, it opened on 28 July 1816. At first there were only 60 'inmates', but by 1836 the asylum had been extended and could accommodate 406 patients. A report in 1841 identified the causes of insanity for those admitted, which included such things as: 'intoxication', 'epilepsy', 'disappointment in affection, trade or property' and 'hot climate'.... [more]

Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham Pocket Album

THE ANCIENT city of Lancaster gave its name not only to the Palatine County, but also to a royal house. The Tudors were descendants of the House of Lancaster, and the Duke of Lancaster was part of the Tudor dynasty.

Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham Pocket Album

The old Town Hall was erected around 1781 on the site of an earlier town hall. Major Thomas Jarratt was the designer of the building, which opened in 1783. Market Square is the open area in front of the Town Hall, and Market Street runs to the left. The locals liked the large Tuscan portico and its four plain columns. The... [more]

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