Abbey Town, Main Street c1965 (ref. A286002) | It is ten past twelve on a summer's afternoon in the mid-sixties in this sleepy North Cumbrian town - and there is
not a vehicle in sight in the length of the long Main Street. Abbeytown takes its name from the 12th-century Holme
Cultram Abbey, parts of which are incorporated in the parish church of St Mary.
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Allithwaite, Kirkhead Tower c1965 (ref. A288003) | The Beach 1894
Two youngsters are digging for shrimps
in the sands of the beach at Arnside,
where the River Kent enters Morecambe
Bay, while in the background three
adults sit on the seawall. Arnside became
a popular seaside resort in the 19th cen-
tury, when pleasure boats would come
up from Morecambe
and Fleetwood.
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Alston, Market Cross c1955 (ref. A290055) | Claimed to be the highest market town in England, Alston commands sweeping views of the North Pennines and
the South Tyne Valley. This charming little town clusters around its cobbled, sloping Market Place. The parish
church of St Augustine, in the background of this picture, was extensively rebuilt in Victorian times.
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Alston, Front Street c1955 (ref. A290011) | Cobbled Front Street slopes steeply down towards the South Tyne Valley, past 17th-century cottages, like that on the
extreme right which is dated 1681, and ancient pubs like the Angel and the King's Arms, further down the street.
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Ambleside, Stock Ghyll Force 1886 (ref. 18686) | The waterfalls of Stock Ghyll Force have
been a major attraction to visitors to
Ambleside for well over a century, but
this is a very early photograph of them.
The waters of Stock Ghyll rise just below
the summit of the Kirkstone Pass, north
of the town, and plunge through this
wooded gorge before joining the
River Rothay and eventually
entering Windermere.
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Ambleside, Market Place 1912 (ref. 64302) | A busy scene at the height of the tourist season, as
early visitors clamber aboard the several teams of
coach and horses which will show them the wonders
of the Lake District. Many of the coach tours to
Keswick and Windermere are advertised in the
hoardings along the street.
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Ambleside, the Waterhead Ferry 1912 (ref. 64321) | A crowded WSV 'Tern' prepares to
embark on a trip down Windermere
from the Waterhead pier on a summer's
day. The Edwardian costumes of the
passengers are interesting to note - the
ladies are all wearing the large hats and
long dresses of the time, while most of
the men sport straw hats or bowlers.
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Ambleside, Tarn Hows c1955 (ref. a46145) | A classic view of Tarn Hows, near
Hawkshead, with the peaks of
the Langdale Pikes in the centre
background. Despite its natural
appearance, the lakes of Tarn Hows are
in fact artificial, and there were once
several smaller tarns. About 80 years
ago, the landowner dammed the beck
to create this familiar scene - one of the
most visited places in the Lake District.
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Ambleside, Market Place 1927 (ref. 79174) | This photograph, looking south from the Market Place in the opposite direction from photograph No 64302, and
taken 15 years later, shows a very different scene. The street is almost deserted apart from a motor lorry, motorcycle
and a few pedestrians, showing that the photograph was probably taken in the winter, outside the tourist season.
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Ambleside, Sweden Bridge 1912 (ref. 64330d) | High Sweden Bridge is a picturesque
packhorse bridge over the Scandale
Beck between High Pike and Snarker
Pike (there is a Low Sweden Bridge
lower down the valley). It has no direct
Scandinavian connection, other than
the fact that the name comes from the
Norse 'svithinn' and means 'land cleared
by burning'.
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Armathwaite, the Red Lion Hotel c1965 (ref. A293016) | The Red Lion Hotel in the charming village of Armathwaite occupies a beautiful position at the foot of a tree-clad
bank above the River Eden. Its name is thought to mean 'the clearing of the hermit', and it is perhaps best known
today as a stop on the famous trans-Pennine Settle to Carlisle railway.
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Aspatria, Market Place c1960 (ref. A295006) | The memorial fountain to Sir Wilfred Lawrence, the local MP and campaigner in the Temperance Movement,
dominates the Market Place. Aspatria's unusual-sounding name means 'the place of St Patrick's ash', a reference
to the early Celtic Christians who followed the Irish saint.
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Bampton Grange, the Village 1952 (ref. B299005) | The parish church of St Patrick, in the background, is only one of ten in England dedicated to Ireland's patron
saint. It underlines the persistent local tradition that St Patrick visited this part of the Lowther Valley.
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Bardsea, The Ship Inn 1953 (ref. B20024) | At one time Bardsea was part of Lancashire, and could only be reached by boat or by a dangerous route over the
shifting sands of Morecombe Bay. Its small harbour was once used to unload coal and take on iron ore and corn
from the surrounding countryside. In this photograph of the Ship Inn, a woman is reaching out of the window on
the left, fixing bunting, most probably for the Coronation in 1953.
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Bardsea, Well House c1955 (ref. B20029) | The Well House is dated 1642. This view of it is from the footpath passing in front. The cottage behind the house
was separated from it in the 1940s or 1950s. It had previously been all one house. Note the round chimney stack
on the right.
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Bardsea, the view from by Well House c1955 (ref. B20051) | The tractor is going round the field turning the hay, a common sight in the summer at that time. The hay would
later be stacked before being taken to a hay-barn store for winter feed for the livestock. Holy Trinity, the parish
church, dominates the skyline.
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Bardsea, the Beach 1895 (ref. 35913) | A family of youngsters enjoy a spot of shrimping on the beach. On the skyline in the background is the parish
church of the Holy Trinity, consecrated just 40 years earlier in 1853. Bardsea once had a pier where pleasure steam-
ers from Fleetwood landed.
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Barrow-In-Furness, Duke Street 1893 (ref. 32988) | Note the handcarts parked at the side of the street on the right, and the advertising hoardings on the side of the
shop on the left of the picture, advertising among other things 'Wheatleys Hop Bitters'.
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Barrow-In-Furness, Duke Street 1898 (ref. 41428) | Note the tramlines in the street, and the industrial chimney on the left. The horse-drawn carts are parked outside
the photographic shop of Hollis Wilkins, which advertises 'Life-sized Heads, Direct from Life'.
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Barrow-In-Furness, Dalton Road 1912 (ref. 64405) | Pedestrians could walk down the middle of the street with impunity when
this mid-morning photograph was taken just before the First World War. And
photography was still so unusual that the camera turned more than a few
heads among the Edwardian population.
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