Grange Over Sands, Clock Tower 1914
Photo ref:
67433
Photo ref:
67433
More about this scene
The clock tower was offered to the railway to be built by the station, but the offer was declined – so it was built by the parish church. It was presented to the town at mid-day on 4 December 1912 by Mrs Sophia Deardon, who was a local benefactor. Local limestone and St Bees sandstone were used in its construction.
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A Selection of Memories from Grange-Over-Sands
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Grange-Over-Sands
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This picture I believe was taken from Woodheads. You can compare it with an earlier photo of 1894 of 'Grange over Sands from Woodheads' (photo ref 34123). It is interesting to see that the land below Woodheads was still unbuilt upon at 1921 although a new house has appeared on what looks like Highfield Road. In 1908 the Woodheads Estate had land sloping down to Fernleigh Road and Kentsbank Road. I ...see more
We were married here in 1994.
Is that Yewbarrow Lodge (the original one) in the background? Hit by incendiary bombs in 1941, and burnt badly. We used to play in the remains as children - Sadly SLDC didn't rebuild as per Colonel Porritt's wishes, and now although serving a great purpose as a nursing home, is a ghastly eyesore.
Showing the original Crown Hotel, and obviously pre the clock tower.
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