Ladle Lane walls restored
Friday 4 March, 2022, by Karen Griffiths
Ladle Lane is one of those delightful walled paths which invite you to explore. It leaves the village of Crosby […]
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Friday 4 March, 2022, by Karen Griffiths
Ladle Lane is one of those delightful walled paths which invite you to explore. It leaves the village of Crosby […]
CONTINUE READINGTuesday 26 October, 2021, by Karen Griffiths
In this blogpost Jan Hicks explores an early trade route called ‘Breasthigh’ which runs west from Greenholme via Bretherdale (where […]
CONTINUE READINGMonday 25 October, 2021, by Karen Griffiths
Local historian and archaeologist Jan Hicks has been carrying out some on-the-ground research for the ‘A Way Through’ project. She […]
CONTINUE READINGTuesday 19 October, 2021, by Karen Griffiths
Thanks to Hilary Wilson for passing these notes made by George Horn of Tebay of his days working on construction […]
CONTINUE READINGThursday 14 October, 2021, by Karen Griffiths
There’s been quite a bit of interest in the research that we’ve been doing as part of the ‘A Way […]
CONTINUE READINGTuesday 3 August, 2021, by Karen Griffiths
The life of John Ellis Watson is another classic tale from the period of Britain’s Industrial Revolution. We came across […]
CONTINUE READINGTuesday 13 July, 2021, by Karen Griffiths
As well as providing jobs during their construction phase and then while they were operational, Westmorland’s new railways provided an […]
CONTINUE READINGFriday 2 July, 2021, by Karen Griffiths
The story of the Worrall family illustrates yet another side to working on the railway, namely that railway construction needed […]
CONTINUE READINGTuesday 29 June, 2021, by Karen Griffiths
In our previous blog post Railway Families in Westmorland: the Ratcliffes, we discovered a remarkable dynasty associated with the railway […]
CONTINUE READINGTuesday 22 June, 2021, by Karen Griffiths
Exploring the nineteenth and early twentieth century censuses for Westmorland reveals how the coming of the railway offered employment opportunities […]
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