Ladle Lane walls restored
March 4, 2022 11:45 am 1 CommentLadle Lane is one of those delightful walled paths which invite you to explore. It leaves the village of Crosby […]
Author Archives for Karen Griffiths
About Karen Griffiths
Interpretation Officer for the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
Early Routes from Orton and Kendal by Jan Hicks
October 26, 2021 1:23 pm Leave your thoughtsIn this blogpost Jan Hicks explores an early trade route called ‘Breasthigh’ which runs west from Greenholme via Bretherdale (where […]
Drovers and packhorses around Salterwath by Jan Hicks
October 25, 2021 12:55 pm 4 CommentsLocal historian and archaeologist Jan Hicks has been carrying out some on-the-ground research for the ‘A Way Through’ project. She […]
Motorway Memories: George Horn
October 19, 2021 11:47 am Leave your thoughtsThanks to Hilary Wilson for passing these notes made by George Horn of Tebay of his days working on construction […]
Railway Families Talk 13 October 2021
October 14, 2021 3:56 pm 2 CommentsThere’s been quite a bit of interest in the research that we’ve been doing as part of the ‘A Way […]
Railway Families in Westmorland: John Ellis Watson
August 3, 2021 3:11 pm Leave your thoughtsThe life of John Ellis Watson is another classic tale from the period of Britain’s Industrial Revolution. We came across […]
Railway Families in Westmorland: Elizabeth Morland
July 13, 2021 10:46 am Leave your thoughtsAs well as providing jobs during their construction phase and then while they were operational, Westmorland’s new railways provided an […]
Railway Families in Westmorland: the Worralls
July 2, 2021 3:28 pm Leave your thoughtsThe story of the Worrall family illustrates yet another side to working on the railway, namely that railway construction needed […]
Railway Families in Westmorland: Robert Calvert
June 29, 2021 11:26 am 4 CommentsIn our previous blog post Railway Families in Westmorland: the Ratcliffes, we discovered a remarkable dynasty associated with the railway […]
Railway Families in Westmorland: the Ratcliffes
June 22, 2021 3:03 pm 7 CommentsExploring the nineteenth and early twentieth century censuses for Westmorland reveals how the coming of the railway offered employment opportunities […]