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Furness
1911
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Lancaster
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1854
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1926
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1932
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1885
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1849
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The
Gude auld towne of Lancaster in 1803
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Ancient Borough of Lancaster in 1831
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Bulmers History & Directory of Cumberland 1901
The Flowering Plants & Ferns of North Lancashire - Lancaster Plantlife
Margery Jackson - the Carlisle Miser & Misanthrope
Vintage Knitting & Crochet Patterns on CD
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The
Lune Valley and Morecambe Bay
1801 to 1845
All Books are word-searchable and printable.
CONTENTS:
• On the Banks of the River Lune 1801-1840- 122,322 words
• The Villages of the Lune Valley & Estuary 1841-1845 – 255,189 words
• The Diary of William Stout 1665-1752 – 58,100 words
• Photographs of the Churches and Chapels of the Lune Valley
• Slide Show – The Lune Valley from Source to Sea
• Slide Show – Sunderland Point
Travel down the Lune from source to sea with another great slide show from the photographs of Dave Moorhouse. Visit Sunderland Point, the ancient port at the mouth of the Lune. See Sambo’s grave and read his elegy in the book ‘On the Banks of the River Lune’
See what the weather was like, the storms, the great floods & deep snows. Read poems that were written in praise of the River Lune.
Find out how good the fishing was, what was caught, who was caught (the poachers and why they were transported) and who lost their lives on the River Lune.
Read about the ships that were built in the Lune boat-yards, which were for sale, which were ship-wrecked etc. Experience the rivalry between the Lune Rowing Club and the Chester & Liverpool Clubs for the cup.
The Navigation and Improvement of the River Lune is included as well as property for sale along the Lune and Morecambe Bay.
The coming of the Railways and the antics of the Navies are covered in great detail. Crossing the Sands of the treacherous Morecambe Bay is a common feature. Stagecoaches were turned over, horses drowned as well as the occupants and the bodies disappeared for ever.
Read about what really went on in the Villages of the Lune Valley (Arkholme; Arnside; Bare; Bolton-le-Sands; Caton; Claughton; Glasson; Gressingham; Halton; Hest Bank; Heysham; Hornby; Kirkby Lonsdale; Melling; Overton; Poulton; Silverdale; Skerton; Sunderland; Tunstall; and Whittington). The winners at the Regattas and Agricultural shows as well as the trouble makers.
In fact everything ‘word for word’ from the Lancaster Gazette mentioning the Lune and Morecambe Bay from 1801 to 1845 is covered. This is a unique account told by their reporters ‘on the spot.’ Genealogists searching for their elusive ancestors may well find them here. The text contains thousands of names of individuals, families and businesses. If they were in trouble of any nature, you will find them in here.
“Sweet Vale of Lune
At last, farewell to thee,
Yet though my steps depart
Long shall thy memory be
Borne in my heart”
The CD also includes the Diary of WILLIAM STOUT,
This diary was serialised in the Lancaster Gazette from 2 November 1850
to the 19th April 1851.
The Newspaper describes it
thus:
“We have had confided to us by its owner, - with permission to publish
as much of it as we choose, - a curious MS. volume, being the autobiography
of William Stout, of Bolton-le-Sands, and afterwards of Lancaster, who
was born in 1664-5, and whose quaint and curious narrative commences with
his father's first marriage in 1627, and is carried on with great precision
and minuteness to the year 1743, in which most of it was written, when
the worthy compiler was in his 80th year. The portion of this singular
account relates to the writer's birth, parentage, and education: its most
curious features being an account of his sister making a month's journey
to London to be cured of the king's evil by the royal touch of that chase
and virtuous monarch, Charles II; and a description of the sea's ravages
on the coast of Morecambe Bay, sweeping away a whole marsh of considerable
extent. The following is the commencement of this Lancashire Autobiography,
which gives a vivid picture of the rural life, the husbandry, and the
habits of substantial yeomen, in the north of this country, from the latter
part of the 17th century.”