Ulverston
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Ulverston books (7 available)
Kendal - A History and Celebration
Hardback
So You Think You Know? Kendal
Hardback
Penrith Photographic Memories
Hardback
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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 subsidence of the land due to iron ore mining from the nearby Florence Mine. He retired from farming in 1919 to Penny Bridge where he spent the rest of his life.
A memory of Greenodd contributed by Mr J Jackson
James S Blair and Son Ltd
my great grandfather was James Simpson Blair who had his business in Dalton and celebrated his 100yrs in the 1990s. Does anyone remember it or is there any family out there. I am writting about him for college and need help, thanks.
A memory of Dalton-In-Furness contributed by jeanette czyzyk
First Trip to Father's Hometown
My father Leslie Edgar Simpson Smith was born in Askam-In-Furness at Greenscoe Cottages in 1902 and he passed away in Canada in 2003. My grandfather William Smith was also born in Askam in the Vulcan Hotel which his father and mother, Hezekiah Cook Smith, and Hannah Simpson Smith ran. My two sisters and myself came there in May of 2004 to see where dad came from and met the now owners of the Vulcan Hotel. We tried to find the graves of my great grandfather, Hezekiah and my dad's baby sister Myrtle Smith. The church cemetery was very overgrown, probably from the winter, so we walked around and talked to a few people and looked for my Aunt Ivy and Uncle ...read more here
A memory of Askam-In-Furness contributed by First Name Last Name
My Childhood
This mill is owned by my Aunt and Uncle. I spent many happy holidays up in Beckside and will always have fond memories of the beautiful old mill. Although I was always scared of the "ghosts"! This photo is before my time though, I wasn't born until 1977.
A memory of Kirkby-In-Furness contributed by Kellie-Anne Fitzherbert-Stewart
Extracts From Ulverston & Cumbria books
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.
An extract from from"Lancashire - A Second Selection Photographic Memories".
Ulverston was granted a market charter as early as 1280 by Edward I. The international aspect of the town’s trade
can be seen by the sign outside Joseph Hird’s grocery in the centre of the picture. It advertises him as a ‘French
and Italian Warehouseman’.
An extract from from"Cumbria Photographic Memories".
At the time this photograph was taken, Ulverston was still a busy commercial port linked
to the River Leven by the mile-long Ulverston Canal, England’s shortest. It exported
copper, iron, slate, barley, bobbins, gunpowder and leather all over the Empire.
An extract from from"Cumbria Photographic Memories".
Cloth-capped and gaitered Edwardian
children stand with their father outside
S Warhurst’s hardware shop on a sunny
day. Warhurst was an agent for Rudge
Whitworth cycles, a popular form of
leisure transport at the time. Across the
road is John Smith’s Umbrella Hospital.
An extract from from"Cumbria Photographic Memories".
The name Birkett is prominent on several of the shops in this view. This prominent local family also produced the
lawyer William Norman Birkett, created 1st Baron Birkett in 1958. Birkett was a Liberal MP in the 1920s who later
represented Britain at the Nuremburg War Trials.
An extract from from"Cumbria Photographic Memories".