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Claughton, Lancaster
Claughton ( ) is a small village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. The village is on the A683 road east of Lancaster and at the time of the 2001 census had a population of 132. In the 2011 census Claughton was grouped with Roeburndale (2001 pop. 76) to give a total of 223. North of the village is the River Lune, and to the south is Claughton Moor and the fells of the Forest of Bowland. Local government Claughton is part of the Lower Lune Valley ward, which elects two councillors to Lancaster City Council every four years. Industry There is a brickworks, Claughton Brickworks, in the village. Ropeway conveyors, which transport clay from Claughton Moor to the Claughton Brickworks, are suspended above the road ( A683). Religious sites St Chad's Church was closed by the Church of England in 2002 due to a decline in the number of worshippers and the fact that the building was in need of modernisation. The church was part of the Hornby wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Chad's Church, Claughton
St Chad's Church is in the village of Claughton, Lancashire, England. It is a redundant Anglican parish church, which is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. History The original church was built on the site in 1070, and the recorded list of its rectors goes back to 1230. The present church was built on the same site in 1815. In 1869 Hubert Austin designed new tracery for the east window. It cost £270 (equivalent to £ in ), which also paid for the stained glass that was designed by Henry Holiday, and made by Heaton, Butler and Bayne. In 1904 Austin and Paley carried out work on the church, adding a north aisle, a porch, and buttresses, replacing the floor, removing the plaster ceiling, and providing new seating, a pulpit, and a lectern. This work cost about £900 (equivalent to £). The church was declared redundant on 1 December 2002, due to a decline in the size of the congregation and because of the need for re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Scott (entertainer)
Thomas Scott (born ) is an English YouTuber, web developer and presenter. On his self-titled YouTube channel, Scott creates educational videos across a range of topics including history, geography, linguistics, science, and technology. his five YouTube channels have collectively gained over million subscribers and billion views. Born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, Scott first came to media attention as a student, creating a parody of a governmental website. He created his channel in 2006, but only began to enjoy mainstream popularity after 2014, when he began his education series "Things You Might Not Know". Scott produced and uploaded educational videos to the channel across a range of topics including linguistics, technology, geography, history and science. His output has included series such as ''Language Files'' (which focuses on linguistics and languages), ''The Basics'' (computing and IT), ''Amazing Places'' (geographical locations), and ''Things You Might Not Know' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmorland Gazette
''The Westmorland Gazette'' is a weekly newspaper published in Kendal, England, covering "South Lakeland and surrounding areas", including Barrow and North Lancashire. Its name refers to the historic county of Westmorland. The paper is now owned by the Newsquest group, forming part of Westmorland Gazette Newspapers, which includes the weekly freesheet ''South Lakes Citizen'' and other titles. It has an office in Ulverston in addition to its Kendal base. The circulation is about 7,500. It changed from broadsheet to compact format in August 2009. The editor, Vanessa Sims, also edits Cumbrian titles the ''Mail'', the News & Star, The Cumberland News, the '' Whitehaven News'', and the Times & Star. History The newspaper was founded on 23 May 1818. Among its early editors was Thomas De Quincey, who was in post from July 1818 until his resignation in November 1819. Under his editorship, the newspaper covered topics such as contemporary philosophy. It has been suggested that De Quince ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skipton
Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the East Division of Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the south of the Yorkshire Dales. It is situated north-west of Leeds and west of York. At the 2021 Census, the population was 15,042. The town has been listed as one of the best and happiest places to live in the UK. History Evidence for prehistoric habitation in the Skipton area includes an "important outlying group" of cup and ring marked rocks on Skipton Moor, to the south-east of the town, and in the same area there is an enclosed Iron Age hilltop settlement. The name Skipton means 'sheep-town', a northern dialect form of ''Shipton''. Its name derives from the Old English ''sceap'' (sheep) and ''tun'' (town or village). The name is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. The town was important during the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morecambe
Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England, on Morecambe Bay, part of the Irish Sea. In 2011 the parish had a population of 34,768. Name The first use of the name was by John Whitaker (historian), John Whitaker in his ''History of Manchester'' (1771), when he refers to the "æstury of Moricambe". It next appears four years later in ''Antiquities of Furness'', where the bay is described as "the Morecambe Bay, Bay of Morecambe". That name is derived from the Roman name ''Moriancabris Æsturis'' shown on maps prepared for them by ''Claudius Ptolemœus'' (Ptolemy) from his original Greek maps. At this distance in time it is impossible to say if the name was originally derived from an earlier language (e.g. Celtic language) or from Greek. The Latin version describes the fourth inlet north from Wales on the west coast of England as Moriancabris Æsturis. Translated, this gives a more accurate description than the present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hornby, Lancashire
Hornby is a village and former civil parish located from Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster, now part of the parish of Hornby-with-Farleton, within the City of Lancaster, Lancaster district of the county of Lancashire, England. Situated on the A683 road, A683 the village lies at the confluence of the River Wenning and River Lune, Lune In 2011 the built up area had a population of 468. In 1881, the parish had a population of 358. History Hornby, originally recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Hornebi,'' served as a Township (England), township and chapelry within Melling, Lancashire, Melling parish. In 1866, Hornby attained the status of a civil parish in its own right. However, on 24 March 1887, it was merged with Farleton, Lancashire, Farleton to form the new parish of "Hornby-with-Farleton". Amenities Hornby has a church called St Margaret's Church, Hornby, St Margaret's Church on Main Street, with its octagonal tower and a county house called Hornby Castle, Lancashire, Horn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wennington Railway Station
Wennington is a railway station on the Bentham Line, which runs between and via . The station, situated east of Lancaster, serves the village of Wennington in Lancashire. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. History Originally opened by the "Little" North Western Railway in 1849 on their line between and , the station was rebuilt and expanded in 1865 prior to the opening of the Furness and Midland Joint Railway from in 1867. Thereafter it became a busy junction, with many passenger trains calling to detach through carriages for Carnforth from the main Morecambe portion if heading west or attaching them if heading east - a bay platform was provided at the east end of the station for this purpose, along with several sidings on the opposite side of the line for locomotive and carriage stabling (all since removed, along with the extra platform line). A number of local services (mainly from the Carnforth line) also originated or terminated there. Much o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancaster Green Ayre Railway Station
Lancaster Green Ayre railway station was the Midland Railway's station in the city of Lancaster in England. The line between Green Ayre and Morecambe was used for pioneering experimental electrification via overhead wires. The station closed to passengers in 1966 and there are no remains. History Lancaster's first two stations were the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway's at ''Greaves'' in 1840, and the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway's ''Lancaster Castle'' which superseded it in 1846.Bairstow, p. 96 The third station was opened by the Morecambe Harbour and Railway Company (MH&R) on 12 June 1848.Vinter, p. 129 The station building was designed by Edmund Sharpe. Originally called ''Lancaster'', it was soon renamed ''Lancaster Green Ayre'', although timetables incorrectly listed its name as Lancaster Green Area until 1870. The line originally ran from Lancaster to . The MH&R soon amalgamated with the "little" North Western Railway, which continued the line eastward from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
"Little" North Western Railway
The North Western Railway (NWR) was an early British railway company in the north-west of England. It was commonly known as the "Little" North Western Railway, to distinguish it from the larger London and North Western Railway (LNWR). The was first leased, and later taken over, by the Midland Railway (MR). The used part of the line for its London to Scotland Settle and Carlisle main line. The main line, which ran from Skipton in the West Riding of Yorkshire to Morecambe on the Lancashire coast, gave the access to the west coast in an area dominated by the rival . Part of the line, between Lancaster and Morecambe, was used in the early twentieth century for pioneering overhead electrification. Two-thirds of the line, in North Yorkshire, is still in use today, mainly for local services. Of the dismantled Lancashire section, two-thirds has been reused as a combined cyclepath and footpath. Formation The North Western Railway was incorporated by the ( 9 & 10 Vict. c. xcii) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newsquest Media Group
Newsquest Media Group Limited is the second largest publisher of regional and local newspapers in the United Kingdom. It is owned by the American mass media holding company Gannett. It has 205 brands across the UK, publishing online and in print (165 newspaper brands and 40 magazine brands) and reaches 28 million visitors a month online and 6.5 million readers a week in print. Based in London, Newsquest employs a total of more than 5,500 people across the UK. It also has a specialist arm that publishes both consumer and business-to-business (B2B) titles such as ''Insurance Times'' and '' The Strad''. History Newsquest was founded in 1995 when United States private equity partnership KKR financed a £210 million management buy-out of the Reed Regional Newspapers group of British papers from Reed Elsevier. In 1996 Newsquest swapped its Yorkshire titles for Johnston Press's Bury, Greater Manchester area titles and £9.25 million, sold some of its titles in the English Midla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancashire Evening Telegraph
The ''Lancashire Telegraph'', formerly the ''Lancashire Evening Telegraph'', is a local tabloid newspaper distributed in East Lancashire, England. It is edited by Richard Duggan. The ''Lancashire Telegraph'' prints Monday to Saturday. There are around twenty towns in the area, including Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, Darwen, Nelson, Clitheroe, Colne and Rawtenstall. As well as being editor of the ''Lancashire Telegraph'', Duggan is the regional editor of Newsquests newspaper brands across the North West, including ''The Bolton News'', ''Bury Times'', ''The Oldham Times'', ''Warrington Guardian'' and ''Wirral Globe''. The newspapers are owned by Newsquest, a division of Gannett, a firm based in the United States. History The newspaper was founded by Thomas Purvis Ritzema, a young newspaper manager, who purchased two shops at 19 and 21 Railway Road, Blackburn, for the launch of his venture. The first copy appeared on the streets on 26 October 1886, and sold for a ha’pen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
