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Lowgill maps
Historic maps of Lowgill and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Lowgill maps
Lowgill photos
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High Bentham| Lower Bentham| Wray| Newby| Burton In Lonsdale| Clapham| Hornby| Ingleton| Thurland Castle| Claughton| Arkholme
Lowgill area books
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Lancashire memories
Old Friends
Hi, my name is Ted Holmes, I was bred up Roeburndale and attended Wray, and later Burton in lonsdale, Schools. Are any of my old friends out there?
The Vicarage, Wray
During the Second World War, my dad's uncle Rev Alfred Bell was vicar of Wray parish church. We used to travel to Wray from Blackburn where we lived for a weekend to visit them, it seemed to take forever! Uncle Alfred and Aunt Edith had a son, Raymond who was eventually vicar of St Michaels on Wyre, Eileen their daughter was slightly disabled and very involved in the church. My memory is of the bees and Uncle Alfred making honey in the courtyard of the vicarage and hand turning the barrel. In 1995 my husband and I who live in Canada returned to the UK for a visit, went to visit Wray on the VE weekend. It was quite a sight to see the village decked out with all the memorabilia, the vicarage now a private residence, the walled garden across the road, no longer there. We met a gentleman who knew the family so it was very nostalgic for me to re-live something which happened so many years ago. ... Read more
Growing up
My memories are of growing up at Barkinggate Farm in Roeburndale, attending Sunday school at Roeburndale chapel, and attending Wray school in the 1940s, and later on Burton-in -Lonsdale school.
I left Roeburndale in 1961.
Parkinson Family
My gg grandfather Richard Parkinson had a 200 acre farm in Roeburndale in the 1850s. Does anybody have any information about the ancesters of the Parkinson family? I would be grateful of any news, thank you.
Scouts 1909
I have a photo of my great-grandfather John Richard (Dick) Erskine outside the Castle Hotel, Hornby in 1909 with two young Scouts named Lawrence and Hector Todd (born 1900 and 1901 approx). They all formed part of the 1st Lancaster Troop. If anyone has any information about Dick Erskine (especially post 1945), I would love to hear from them as am researching the family history.
Dancing
My memories are of dancing in the Castle Hotel, in the upstairs ballroom before the new vilage hall was built.
Gibsons of Melling
I worked at Gibsons at Melling in the early 1960s, does anyone out there remember me> I remember Bob, Len and Mike Gibson, they were agricultual engineers. I think they gave over a few years ago now. Has anyone got any info?
