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Warrington, Academy and Cromwell Statue 1901 (ref. 47251) | Much of Lancashire was affected by the Civil Wars, and Warrington, an important crossing on the Mersey and chosen by the Royalist, Lord Derby for his headquarters, saw considerable action. The Parliamentarians first took the town in 1643 and it was again the scene of fighting during the 1648 war, when Cromwell actually stayed here, his visit remembered in this statue. |  Add your own Memory
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Cartmel, the Gatehouse and Market Cross 1921 (ref. 70707) | Overlooking the square is an arched gatehouse, built in the 14th century as a defence against Scottish raiders. It also served as the manorial courthouse but, during the 17th and 18th centuries housed a grammar school and later served as a general store. The gatehouse and the nearby church are all that remain of Cartmel's 12th-century Augustinian priory. | Add your own Memory
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Cartmel, Priory Church and Beck 1894 (ref. 34095) | This fine clapper bridge has gone, but not the Methodist church to the right, which was completed two decades before the photograph was taken. Behind is the former priory church, its cross-set belfry rising above a low square tower. It was spared the destruction that befell the rest of the monastery at the Dissolution, because the town claimed it as their parish church. | Add your own Memory
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Coniston, the Lake from Beacon's Crag 1929 (ref. 82789) | This is the land of Swallows and Amazons, for near the foot of Coniston Water lies High Nibthwaite, where the author, Arthur Ransome spent his childhood holidays and developed a passion for the area that was to last throughout his life. Beyond the promontories of Park Nab and High Peel Near is Peel Island, renamed 'Wild Cat Island' in his famous tales. | Add your own Memory
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Coniston, view on the Tilberthwaite Road 1912 (ref. 64273) | For a short time in the middle of the 19th century, copper was mined in Dry Cove above Tilberthwaite. More important were the many stone quarries, from which was cut a fine green slate that has been used around the world. There is no hint of that industry, though, in this timeless picture, where children play by the waterside. | Add your own Memory
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Grange-Over-Sands, Main Street 1891 (ref. 28638) | Until the railway arrived, only 35 years before this photograph was taken, Grange-over-Sands was little more than a fishing village, looking out across the Kent estuary to the rest of Lancashire. No longer reliant on a hazardous route across the sands, the town quickly grew, catering for the well-to-do, who came here to live or take their holidays. | Add your own Memory
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Grange-Over-Sands, Main Street 1912 (ref. 64360) | Twenty years later, the scene is much the same, although the street has now been sealed with a tarmacadam surface. On the right, occupying part of the Victoria Hall are the premises of the London City and Midland Bank. The hall itself was opened in 1901, as part of the town's commemoration of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee. | Add your own Memory
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Hawkshead, and Wetherlam 1929 (ref. 82362) | Beyond the village rises Wetherlam, the most northerly of the Coniston Fells, and over to the left, hidden by cloud, Lancashire's highest peak, the Old Man. Prominent above Hawkshead is St Michael and All Angels' Church, of which William Wordsworth wrote '..I saw a snow white church upon her hill, sit like a throned lady…' | Add your own Memory
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Hawkshead, the Old Courthouse 1896 (ref. 38835) | Built in the 15th century as a gatehouse to Hawkshead Hall, which was then a grange belonging to Furness Abbey, the Old Courthouse has served many other purposes including stabling and a church. A niche above the gateway once held a figure of the Virgin Mary and below, much worn by the passage of time, is carved a lion's head. | Add your own Memory
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Ulverston, Mearness Sands 1921 (ref. 70695) | Taken from above the mouth of the River Leven, this view overlooks Greenodd Sands towards Ulverston. In the distance, a 100ft tower, a replica of the famous Eddystone Lighthouse, surmounts Hoad Hill. It is a monument to John Barrow, one-time Secretary of the Admiralty and a great traveller, who founded the Royal Geographical Society in 1830. | Add your own Memory
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Ulverston, the Square 1895 (ref. 35896) | A market town since the 13th century, Ulverston became a busy port during the 18th and 19th centuries, exporting slate via the country's shortest canal. A wonderful variety of shops surround the Square as well as several pubs. One of them, the Sun, still carries a sign authorising extended opening hours to serve people attending the cattle and general weekly markets. | Add your own Memory
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Accrington, Town Hall 1897 (ref. 40118) | Formerly the Peel Institute, the Town Hall was built in 1858 as a tribute to Sir Robert Peel. He achieved many things, but is best remembered for the formation of the Metropolitan Police and his part in repealing the hated Corn Laws, which inflated the price of bread and was, in effect, a tax upon the poor. | Add your own Memory
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Accrington, Market Hall c1965 (ref. A19021) | A decade after the Peel Institute was completed, the adjacent Market Hall was opened as the focus of the town's trade. The extravagant carving and statuary above its imposing entrance is a bold proclamation of the prosperity that 19th-century commerce and industry had brought to the town. | Add your own Memory
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Accrington, Technical School 1899 (ref. 43498) | Henry Hills was the first headmaster of Accrington's co-educational technical school, which opened on 28 August 1895. Built from the bricks for which the town is famous, it cost £13,000, of which the Corporation borrowed £10,000. It became the Grammar School in 1921, but was demolished in 1998 and the site developed for housing. | Add your own Memory
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Blackburn, the Boulevard 1902 (ref. 48571) | Next to St Mary's is the Boulevard, once church land, but now the site of the city's bus and rail stations. The fountain replaces an ancient well, of which there were once two, and behind, on a tall pedestal, stands Gladstone. He has been moved around during the last century and now presides over the junction of Blakey Moor and Northgate. | Add your own Memory
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Blackburn, Technical School 1894 (ref. 34309) | A group of children sit outside the Technical School, now part of Blackburn College, but founded during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebrations. A competition produced this French Renaissance style building, which was submitted by the Manchester architects, Smith, Woodhouse and Wiloughby. The Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone in 1888 and the building eventually opened to students three years later. | Add your own Memory
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Blackburn, Almshouses 1895 (ref. 35731) | This row of quite modern-looking cottages at Bank Top, lying behind a neatly cultivated garden plot was, in fact, built in 1833. The patron was Jane Turner, whose husband had been elected in Blackburn's first parliamentary elections the previous year. The almshouses still stand and, in 1974, were given Grade 2 Listed Building status. | Add your own Memory
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Blackburn, Sudell Cross c1901 (ref. 43473) | The square is named after Henry Sudell, one of the town's leading 18th-century citizens. The tracks across the setts formed part of Blackburn's tramway, which opened in April 1881. Originally steam-powered, it ran all the way to nearby Darwen, and in 1899 the first section was electrified and electrification subsequently extended to Hoddlesden. Competition from buses finally brought the tramway's closure in 1949. | Add your own Memory
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Blackpool, the Palatine Hotel 1890 (ref. 22891) | Again, the Tower is conspicuous by its absence in this view of the Palatine Hotel. Built close to both the railway station and beach, it quickly became a successful family hotel. Then, as now, sales and auctions were a popular attraction for holidaymakers, and in the Royal Hotel, a little further along the promenade, was the famous Craven's Sale Room. | Add your own Memory
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Blackpool, Winter Gardens 1894 (ref. 33954) | In June 1878, the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Thomas Owen, travelled to Blackpool to open the Winter Gardens. Built to a design by a Manchester architect, it featured a huge dome, 120 feet above an Indian-style lounge. The Floral Hall, a pavilion seating 3,000 people, and the Empress Ballroom were added soon after and it became a major attraction. | Add your own Memory
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