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Penny Bridge, Cumbria
Penny Bridge maps
Historic maps of Penny Bridge and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Penny Bridge maps
Historic map of Penny Bridge
Illustrated Victorian map of Cumbria
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Penny Bridge books
Displaying 3 of 25 books about Penny Bridge and the local area. View all Penny Bridge 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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Memories of Penny Bridge
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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
Cumbria memories
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
I do not have a memory exactly but have found out that my Grandma Braithwaite was born in Spark Bridge and a lot of her family of Hodgsons also lived there. Her father James Braithwaite was a blacksmith and a lot of the family of Hodgsons worked in the Bobbin Mill that used to be there. I just wish I could... [more]
Shared on 19 September 2008
My father ran this pub around 1952 - 53 when I was a small child. It was taken over by the Walkers who were running it when this photo was taken. Bill Livsey (spelling?) owned the farm. We still have an original Frith postcard of this scene. In 1954 we left the UK and I have lived overseas ever since. I... [more]
Shared on 01 April 2009
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
I would like to share with your readers that my father Alban Crossley was born in Staveley and his mother Ethel Crossley (nee Bateman) worked in the bobbin mill in Staveley. Unfortunately my grandfather Michael Crossley died as a result of a motorbike accident. My father died in 1983 age 59years old.
We lived in Staveley in... [more]
Shared on 30 June 2008
My grandfather worked as wheelwright for Thomas Wren, ajoining the Swan Hotel. Can any relitive of Thomas Wren please give me any more information? His name was John Hartley Wilson of Lakeside.
My E Mail is johnwilson45@tiscali.co.uk THANK YOU
Ken Wilson
Shared on 21 April 2008
Extracts From Penny Bridge & Cumbria books
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Furness and Cartmel Peninsulas Photographic Memories
Penny Bridge over the River Crake was a creek port under the control of Lancaster; there was a quay by the bridge. Black slaves were brought here from Liverpool before being transported onwards - Storrs Hall on Lake Windermere was one alleged destination. Cannon balls were exported from here.
This is an extract from Furness and Cartmel Peninsulas Photographic Memories.
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Furness and Cartmel Peninsulas Photographic Memories
Penny Bridge was named after the local Penny family, who built the bridge in Elizabethan times. The village had an iron foundry, which closed in 1742. Yates's map of 1786 shows that there was a toll booth between the road junctions.
This is an extract from Furness and Cartmel Peninsulas Photographic Memories.
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Furness and Cartmel Peninsulas Photographic Memories
Formerly, a railway line from the station to the slate quarries ran across by the mound (centre). The houses at Marshside beyond it were originally built for the quarrymen; to the left were the houses for the overseers. On the right, by the main road, which had not long been built at the time of this photograph, is a cluster of prefabs, temporary... [more]
This is an extract from Furness and Cartmel Peninsulas Photographic Memories.
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