Cowan Bridge, Lancashire

Old Photos , Historic Maps , Local History Books and Memories of Cowan Bridge

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Old Photos of Cowan Bridge
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Cowan Bridge in 1926

Old Maps of Cowan Bridge

Historic Maps of Cowan Bridge and the local area.

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Map of Cowan Bridge in 1898

Map of Cowan Bridge in 1903-1904

Map of Cowan Bridge in 1925

Map of Cowan Bridge in 1947

Map of Cowan Bridge in 1910

Sheet Maps of Cowan Bridge

Historic Folded Sheet Maps of Cowan Bridge and the local area, matching current OS Landranger Sheet Maps.

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Books about Cowan Bridge
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25 photo books on Cowan Bridge and the surrounding area.

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Cover image of Kendal - A History and Celebration

Cover image of Lancaster - A History and Celebration

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Memories of Cowan Bridge
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Bronte Cottage

The house on the right of this photo was my home - Bronte Cottage. I have been told that it was once used as the coach house for the school and certainly I remember stone flagged floors to the largest room on the ground floor. To our great sadness the house was demolished in the early 1960s for the road improvements which took place at that time. I remember that I lived close to the old bridge end but this photo made me realise how close!

Cowan Bridge, Charlotte Bronte School 1908

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Added 01 June 2010

Cowan Bridge Smithy

To the left hand side of the A65 opposite the Village Shop stands the Smithy - this is significant to me as my grandfather Thomas Glover was the village Blacksmith until his retirement. The Smithy was demolished after he retired and my parents later had a bungalow built for themselves behind where it had originally stood. Their house opposite Bronte Cottages (Bronte Cottage) had been subject to ...see more