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Historic maps of Thornhill and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Thornhill maps

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Historic map of Thornhill

Cumbria map

Illustrated Victorian map of Cumbria

Thornhill map

Historic Map of any Thornhill postcode

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Memories of Thornhill

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THE BOMB

WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT A BOMB DROPPED FROM AN UNKNOWN
AIRCRAFT AND WAS FOUND BURIED IN A HEDGE ADJACENT TO THE -PARK HEAD PUB----.IF IT HAD EXPLODED __NO PUB__.

Shared on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 by John Walker.

salmon fishing

Does anyone remember the catching of a 26lb salmon by les walker in the rock dub
one sunday morning.Taking from 9 30 until 12 30 to get out in the waddle hole .
RIVER EHEN. THORNHILL CUMBRIA .

Shared on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 by John Walker.

Cumbria memories

Pims at the White Mare

The White Mare used to serve Pims No1, No2, No3, No4 and No.5
3-card brag parties were Thursday nights.

Shared on Saturday, July 07, 2007 by Richard Staples.

Slag Heaps

I was born in  Birks Road, Cleator Moor in 1954. I was from a large family called Sheldrake. We lived over the railway bridge towards the brewery. The neighbours that I know of are: the Watsons, the Moors, the Wrights, the Richardsons, the Sumptons (I married one), the Rogans, Dempseys and Brocklebanks. Does anybody remember the old gasworks house that the... [more]

Shared on Saturday, January 17, 2009 by Susan Sumpton.

Childhood

As a boy I thought my hometown of Frizington to be a wonderful place. We played football for hours on the Ball Alley or on the square. (Trafalgar Square)
Also hours of fun "up the backs" The houses behind Nook St playing marbles. Sublime days which never seemed to end. I often wonder if today's children are as carefree as we... [more]

Shared on Monday, April 07, 2008 by John Mcdonald.

Happy & Horsey Holidays

I have the fondest memories of childhood holidays spent in Ennerdale and a deep and lasting love of the valley, brought about not only by the remote beauty but also the many, very happy times that I have spent there with those closest to me.
Residents of Blackburn, Lancashire (Wainwrights home town!), my parents and two brothers spent most of... [more]

Shared on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 by Jackie Lambert.

Researching Ann Fraser or other area Fraser

I have a death notice for Ann Fraser, beloved wife of John Fraser who died Sat. November 10, 1894 at age 44. Interment at Harrington Church, on Wednesday, leaving Rose Hill at 2:30.
I believe this is my great grandmother and I'm interested in anyone that can help in determining if the St. Mary's Harrington Church is the same as... [more]

Shared on Monday, September 14, 2009 by Jim Buchanan.

Palace How lane end

I was brought up at Palace How and the gentleman with the moustache is my late father, Leslie Leo Cunningham. We had the village Post Office and my late mother, Mary Anne Cunningham, was the Postmistress - I have a show display with three of the photos on, which we used to have hanging in the Post Office for customers to... [more]

Shared on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 by Sheila Drewery.

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