Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Ulverston
	other name:-	U'stan ?
	other name:-	Oostan ?
	parish	Ulverston parish, once in Lancashire
	county:-	Cumbria
		building/s --
	coordinates:-	SD289783
	10Km square:-	SD27
	place code:-	Ulvr
	1Km square	SD2878
		Ulverston -- Ulverston -- Cumbria / -- 10.7.2006
		Ulverston -- Ulverston -- Cumbria / -- Coat of arms, Ulverston, motto:- -- 'OPTIMUM SUFFICIT' -- 6.7.2007
	text:-	Mason 1907 (edn 1930)
		Page 31:-
		...
		... Ulverston, the next largest town, is also busily engaged in the iron trade.
	date:-	1907
	period:-	1900s
	old map:-	OS County Series (Lan 16 3)
		County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
	placename:-	Ulverston
		building/s
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	old map:-	Garnett 1850s-60s H
		Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
		ULVERSTON
		blocks, settlement, and a cross, a church, on a minimal street plan
	placename:-	Ulverston
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	old map:-	Ford 1839 map
		Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839.
		ULVERSTONE
	placename:-	Ulverstone
	county:-	Lancashire
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
		Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52.
		Page 4:-
		...
		ULVERSTONE.
		(Vulgarly Ooston,) though ancient as regards its foundation, is modern in its appearance. Neat and cheerful looking, from the houses being roughcast and whitewashed, it stands on uneven ground, at the foot of green and sloping eminences, and is the mart for the agricultural and mineral productions of Furness. The market-place is ornamented with a modern cross of cast-iron, erected in 1821; and there are four spacious streets, from which several small ones branch off. Being about a mile from the Leven, a canal, cut in 1795, enables vessels of small tonnage to come up to the town. Considerable quantities of iron-ore and wrought-iron are exported to different places. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, stands at a little distance from the town, ...
		... Instruction and amusement are supplied to the inhabitants by libraries, a theatre, and an assembly-room; and the economical habits of the poor are encouraged and upheld by a savings' bank.
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		...
		ULVERSTON is the capital of Furness, and a flourishing market-town and port. A new church has lately been erected, and there are several dissenting meeting-houses. The old church, dedicated to St. Mary, was enlarged in 1804, and is now one of the handsomest churches in Lancashire. There is a coach daily to and from Lancaster. Population, 5352; inns, Sun and Braddyll Arms. In this neighbourhood are Conishead Priory, ... and Swarthmoor Hall, ...
	placename:-	Ulverstone
	other name:-	Ulverston
	other name:-	Oooston
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
		Guidebook, Concise Description of the English Lakes, later A Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirky Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823 onwards.
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		ULVERSTON
		Is a neat market town, containing 4786 inhabitants and two good inns, the Sun, and the Bradyll's Arms. It communicates with the channel of the Leven by a canal admitting vessels of considerable burden.
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	source:-	Otley 1818
		New Map of the District of the Lakes, in Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, published by J Otley, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1818; pblished 1818 to 1850s.
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		ULVERSTON
	placename:-	Ulverston
	descriptive text:-	Baker 1802
		Perspective road map with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland through Kendal and Penrith ending at Carlisle, by J Baker, London 1802.
		pp.25-26:-
		... by Lever Sands to Ulvernton, Dalton, ...
	placename:-	Ulvernton
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	old text:-	Camden 1789
		Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
		Page 132:-
		...
		... Ulverston, memorable for the grant of a moiety of it by Edward III. to John Coupland, a gallant soldier, whom he advanced to the rank of banneret for taking David II. king of Scots prisoner at the battle of Durham. But after his death the same king bestowed it with other estates in this county, and the title of earl of Bedford on Ingelram lord Coucy, who had married his daughter Isabell, and whose ancestors had great possessions in England in right of Christiana de Lindesay.
		... ...
	placename:-	Ulverston
	person:-	: Edward III
	person:-	: Coupland, John
	person:-	: David II, King of Scots
	event:-	: Battle of Durham
	date:-	1789
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old text:-	Camden 1789 (Gough Additions)
		Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
		Page 142:-
		...
		Ulverston, the key and mart of Furness, has a good market, and fits out 70 ships for the coasting trade. ...
	date:-	1789
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old map:-	West 1784 map
		A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, now Cumbria, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, included in the Guide to the Lakes by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Westmorland, and in London, from the 3rd edition 1784, to 1821.
		ULVERSTON
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	placename:-	Ulverston
		building/s; town
	county:-	Lancashire
	descriptive text:-	West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
		Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
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		Preface:-
		... MR. WEST, late of Ulverston, author of this tract, and also of the Antiquities of Furness, is supposed to have had the chief part of his education on the Continent, where he afterwards presided as a professor in some of the branches of natural philosophy: whence it will appear, that, though upon some account or other, he had not acquired the habit of composing correctly in English, he must nevertheless have been a man of learning. He had seen many parts of Europe, and considered what was extraordinary in them with a curious, if not with judicious, and philosophic eye. Having in the latter part of his life much leasure time on his hands, he frequently accompanied genteel parties on the Tour of the Lakes; ...
		...
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		...
		Ulverston, the London of Furness, is a neat town, at the foot of a swift descent of hills to the south-east. The streets are regular, and excellently well paved. The weekly market for Low-Furness has been long established here, to the prejudice of Dalton, the ancient capital of Furness. The articles of export, are iron-ore in great quantities, pig and bar iron, oats, barley, beans, potatoes,
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		bark, and limestone. The principal inns are kept by the guides, who regularly pass to and from Lancaster, on Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday, in every week.
	person:-	: West, Thomas
	date:-	1778
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760
		New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
		Ulverston
		circle, tower, on road
	placename:-	Ulverston
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	source:-	Lloyd 1573
		Map, Angliae Regni, Kingdom of England, with Wales, scale about 24 miles to 1 inch, authored by Humphrey Lloyd, Denbigh, Clwyd, drawn and engraved by Abraham Ortelius, Netherlands, 1573.
		Ulferston
	placename:-	Ulferston
	date:-	1573
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	old print:-	Sylvan 1847
		Print, engraving, Ulverston, Lancashire, published by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847.
		On p.106 of Sylvan's Pictorial Guide to the English Lakes.
		printed at bottom:-
		ULVERSTON.
	placename:-	Ulverston
	date:-	1847
	period:-	19th century, early
	market notes:-	see:- Palmer's Index No.93:: Public Record Office see:- Owen: 1792: New Book of Fairs see:- : 1889: Market Rights and Tolls: HM Government
		Thursday market to be held at the manor, granted by Edward I to Robert de Lancastria, 11 September 1280; listed in the Calendar of Charter Rolls.
		Letter patent for a market at Ulverston, 8 Ed 1, 1279-80, in Palmer's Index No.93 at the Public Record Office.
		Market listed by Owen, 1792.
		Market listed by HM Government, 1888.
	other name:-	Ulverston
	person:-	: Edward I
	person:-	: Lancastria, Robert de
		market town
	date:-	1280; 1792; 1888
	road book:-	Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
		Road book, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, published by G and J Cary, 86 St James's Street, London, 1798-1828.
		page 319-320
		Ulverstone
		page 468-470
		To Ulverstone, as p.319
		market town
		page 653-654
		Ulverston
		market town
		INNS, ... Ulverston, Bradyll's Arms, Sun.
		Adjoining Ulverston, Thomas Sunderland, Esq.
	placename:-	Ulverstone
	person:-	: Sunderland, Thomas
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
		photographs
		Ulverston -- Ulverston -- Cumbria / -- Ulverston Savings Bank. -- SD28747834 (at) -- 31.7.2009
		Ulverston -- Ulverston -- Cumbria / -- Ulverston Savings Bank, clock. -- SD28747834 (at) -- 6.7.2007
		Ulverston -- Ulverston -- Cumbria / -- Sign on Hartleys brewery. -- 6.7.2007
	hearsay	Ulverston had a town crier, the bellman. In his diary, February 1812, William Fleming noted that he used a depute to call a shawl found by the town watchman, as the official bellman was sick. The depute was a William Sandys:-
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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