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Garsdale Head
Garsdale Head is a hamlet mainly within the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority of Cumbria, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the hamlet is now on the border with North Yorkshire. It lies within the boundaries of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Garsdale Head is mainly within the civil parish and valley of Garsdale, and on the A684 road between Sedbergh, approximately to the west (ten miles by road), and Hawes, to the east. The hamlet's chief landmark is Garsdale railway station on the Settle-Carlisle Railway, Settle to Carlisle and Wensleydale Railway, Wensleydale Railways. Until the branch line to Hawes was closed in 1964 the alternative name for Garsdale Head was Hawes Junction, a name which remains in common use. Sixteen cottages were built by the Midland Railway Company for its employees soon after the opening of the line in 1876. Another six "Moorcock Cottages" were built in similar Victorian style half a mile away over the border in Ric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morecambe And Lunesdale (UK Parliament Constituency)
Morecambe and Lunesdale is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2024 general election by Lizzi Collinge for Labour. Constituency profile From 1979 to 2019 the constituency was a bellwether constituency. At that time it included the north bank of the City of Lancaster, which is largely Skerton, as well as the seaside town of Morecambe and many villages. This seat brought together northern semi-rural reaches of Lancashire bisected by the M6, including seaside Silverdale and Carnforth near the Cumbria border, the seaside resort of Morecambe and the nuclear power station/ferry port village of Heysham which provides a direct east–west service to Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland. Separating Morecambe from Lancaster is a narrow belt of parkland, houses and the White Lund industrial estate. The changes for the 2024 general election removed Skerton and added areas from Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria to the north o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moorcock Inn, Hawes
The Moorcock Inn is a public house near the watershed between the rivers Clough and Ure, in Upper Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England. It is adjacent to the junction of the A684 road and the B6259 road and near railway station on the Settle–Carlisle line. The history of the inn can be traced back to the 1740s but it has been called ''The Moorcock'' only since 1840. The pub is near some long-distance paths and is popular with walkers. History The pub, built in the 1740s, is at a remote road junction at the head of Wensleydale and is named on Ordnance Survey mapping. Although its postal address is Sedbergh in Cumbria, it is actually in North Yorkshire, in the civil parish of Hawes, and at the point where the nascent River Ure turns eastwards, some west of Hawes, and from railway station. The name of the pub before 1840 was listed as ''The Guide Post Inn''. In the 1870s the pub was popular with the railway navvies living in a camp near the pub while building the Settle-C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cowgill, Cumbria
Cowgill is a village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is within the historic boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and is located south east of Sedbergh. The village is served by Dent railway station on the Settle-Carlisle Line with services north towards and and south towards and . Governance Cowgill is part of the Westmorland and Lonsdale parliamentary constituency, of which Tim Farron is the current MP representing the Liberal Democrats. For the European Parliament its residents voted to elect MEP's for the North West England North West England is one of nine official regions of England and consists of the ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. The North West had a population of 7,4 ... constituency. See also * Listed buildings in Dent, Cumbria References External links Villages in Cumbria Dent, Cumbria {{Cumbria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dent Railway Station
Dent is a railway station on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between and via . The station, situated north-west of Leeds, serves the villages of Cowgill and Dent, in Cumbria, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. It is the highest operational main line station in England. History The station was designed by the Midland Railway's company architect John Holloway Sanders and opened in 1877. It was closed in May 1970, but was reopened by British Rail in 1986 following a campaign to maintain regular stopping services along the line. Initial consideration had been given to siting a station for the valley at Dent Head, further to the south and adjacent to the road running over Gayle Moor towards Hawes and Ingleton; however, this was ruled out in favour of the current location, as it would have been nearly twice as far from Dent village. During the 1970s, the station was rented out to Barden School in Burnley as an outdoor pursuits cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coal Road
The Coal Road (also known as the Galloway Gate Road) is an unclassified highway which connects the railway stations at and in Cumbria, England. The road is within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The name derives from its use transporting locally mined coal, although before that it was used as a droving route between England and Scotland through Mallerstang. History The Coal Road connects Garsdale and Dentdale, scouting the western edge of Great Knoutberry Hill, reaching a height of . Due to its height, it regularly is blocked by snow during the winter months. The road gets its name from the many coal workings that were scattered around to the east of the road on the northern slopes of Great Knoutberry. A licence to work the coal by the road was first granted in 1742, and the miners used The Coal Road to move their coal by pack horse into Dentdale, Garsdale, Sedbergh, and even as far as Kendal, until the coming o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday Express
The ''Daily Express'' is a national daily United Kingdom middle-market newspaper printed in tabloid format. Published in London, it is the flagship of Express Newspapers, owned by publisher Reach plc. It was first published as a broadsheet in 1900 by Sir Arthur Pearson. Its sister paper, the ''Sunday Express'', was launched in 1918. In June 2022, it had an average daily circulation of 201,608. Under the ownership of Lord Beaverbrook, the ''Express'' rose to become the newspaper with the largest circulation in the world, going from 2 million in the 1930s to 4 million in the 1940s. It was acquired by Richard Desmond's company Northern & Shell in 2000. Hugh Whittow was the editor from February 2011 until he retired in March 2018. In February 2018 Trinity Mirror acquired the ''Daily Express'', and other publishing assets of Northern & Shell, in a deal worth £126.7 million. To coincide with the purchase the Trinity Mirror group changed the name of the company to ''Reach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Telephone Box
The red telephone box is a telephone kiosk for a public telephone designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect responsible for Liverpool Cathedral. The telephone box is a familiar sight on the streets of the United Kingdom, its associated Crown Dependencies, the British Overseas Territories and Malta. Despite a reduction in their numbers in recent years, the traditional British red telephone kiosk can still be seen in many places throughout the UK, and in overseas territories, the Commonwealth and elsewhere around the world. The colour red was chosen to make them easy to spot. From 1926 onwards, the fascias of the kiosks were emblazoned with a prominent crown, representing the British Government. The red phone box is often seen as a British cultural icon throughout the world. In 2006, the K2 telephone box was voted one of Britain's top 10 design icons, which included the Mini, Supermarine Spitfire, London tube map, World Wide Web, Concorde and the AEC Routemaster bus. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dandry Mire Viaduct
Dandry Mire Viaduct, (or Dandrymire Viaduct), is a railway viaduct on the Settle & Carlisle line in Cumbria, England. It is just north of Garsdale railway station, Garsdale station, from , and south of . When the Settle & Carlisle line was being built, the traversing of Dandry Mire was to have been by use of an embankment, but the bog swallowed all of the material poured into it, so a trench was dug instead, and a viaduct constructed. The viaduct, which is long and high, is still open to traffic on the railway, and is a prominent landmark at the Garsdale Head, head of Garsdale. History Work started on this part of the line in 1871 as part of the second contract let, with the original intent of crossing Dandry Mire Moss on an embankment rather than a viaduct. In 1873, it was reported that over of material had been poured into the bog, which had just swallowed it all up, displacing the peat, so much so, that it formed ridges either side of the proposed embankment to a height o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yorkshire Post
''The Yorkshire Post'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper, published in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. It primarily covers stories from Yorkshire, although its masthead carries the slogan "Yorkshire's National Newspaper". It was previously owned by Johnston Press and is now owned by National World. Founded in 1754, it is one of the oldest newspapers in the country. The paper's head office is in Whitehall Road, Leeds and the current editor is James Mitchinson. It considers itself "one of Britain's most trusted and historic newsbrands." History The paper was founded in 1754, as the '' Leeds Intelligencer'', making it one of Britain's first daily newspapers. The ''Leeds Intelligencer'' was a weekly newspaper until it was purchased by a group of Conservatives in 1865 who set up the Yorkshire Conservative Newspaper Company Limited then published daily under the current name. The first issue of ''The Yorkshire Post'', on 2 July 1866, included the following statement: The newspaper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public House
A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption Licensing laws of the United Kingdom#On-licence, on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the late 17th century, to differentiate private houses from those open to the public as alehouses, taverns and inns. Today, there is no strict definition, but the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) states a pub has four characteristics: # is open to the public without membership or residency # serves draught beer or cider without requiring food be consumed # has at least one indoor area not laid out for meals # allows drinks to be bought at a bar (i.e., not only table service) The history of pubs can be traced to taverns in Roman Britain, and through Anglo-Saxon alehouses, but it was not until the early 19th century that pubs, as they are today, first began to appear. The model also became popular in countries and regions of British influence, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nateby, Cumbria
Nateby is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. The parish had a population of 110 in 2001, increasing to 120 at the 2011 Census. The village is situated about south of Kirkby Stephen and north west of Hawes. Historically part of Westmorland, it lies from the border of North Yorkshire. Since 2016 the village has been on the northern boundary of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Nearby are the Nine Standards Rigg Nine Standards Rigg is the summit of Hartley Fell in the Pennine Hills of England. It lies near the boundary between Cumbria and North Yorkshire, a few miles south-east of Kirkby Stephen and approximately outside the Yorkshire Dales Nationa ... hills. The village contains a popular country pub, The Black Bull Inn, a garage/petrol station and a small metal-yard. See also * Listed buildings in Nateby, Cumbria References External links Cumbria County History Trust: Nateby(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) Villages in Cumb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mallerstang
Mallerstang is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the extreme east of Cumbria, and, geographically, a wikt:dale, dale at the head of the upper River Eden, Cumbria, Eden Valley. Originally part of Westmorland, it lies about south of the nearest town, Kirkby Stephen. Its eastern edge, at Aisgill, borders on North Yorkshire; and since August 2016 it has been within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. At the 2011 census data for Wharton, Cumbria, Wharton was included with Mallerstang, giving a total population of 173. Etymology The name ''Mallerstang'' is first attested in 1223, in the form ''Malrestang'', alongside ''Malvestang'' in 1228, and ''Malverstang'' in 1462. The first part of the name comes from the Common Brittonic words found in modern Welsh as ("bare") and ("hill"). Thus this part of the name once meant "bare hill". That place-name was then the basis for the addition of Old Norse ("pole") to create a name that once meant "post at Maller". This presumably r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
