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Merseyside Maritime Research
First published in December 2007 by the Liverpool Nautical Research Society. Maritime Archives & Library, Merseyside Maritime Museum, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4AQ, UK © 2007 The Liverpool Nautical Research Society and the author of each article Unless otherwise stated photographs used belong to the author or are from the collections of Society Members British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 0 9513633 3 1 Primed by Impressions. The Old Bank. 16 Palm Hill, Oxton Village, Birkenhead CH43 5SP Editor LNRS Member Antony J Barrarr Editorial Committee JR Chambers, D Eccles AH McCielland plus the Editor Front cover RYS Clementina the personal yacht of Frederick James Harrison (see page 3) & MY Britannic of the White Star line (see page 14) From the Graeme Cubbin Collection & Editor's Collection, respectively Back cover Seaforrh Radio Station (see page 39) the Author's collection CONTENTS Ponrait of a Liverpool Shipowner GCubbin A review ofthe lift ofFrederick }ames Harrison A Great Union RWilliams 1he joint winner ofthe 2004 LNRS Award 10 Stuart & Douglas DKCEccles A story ofa Liverpool Company in the palm oil trade 15 The Pon of Ulverston CDawson A study ofthe port and particularly its shipbuilding 27 100 Years of Marine Insurance in Liverpool AJ Barratt An outline ofLiverpool's role in marine insurance 33 The Wireless Colleges of Liverpool WG Wdliamson 7he story ofLiverpool's wireless colleges since the earliest days 39 Characters I have Sailed with J Pottinger -
COMMUNICATIONS in CUMBRIA : an Overview
Cumbria County History Trust (Database component of the Victoria Country History Project) About the County COMMUNICATIONS IN CUMBRIA : An overview Eric Apperley October 2019 The theme of this article is to record the developing means by which the residents of Cumbria could make contact with others outside their immediate community with increasing facility, speed and comfort. PART 1: Up to the 20th century, with some overlap where inventions in the late 19thC did not really take off until the 20thC 1. ANCIENT TRACKWAYS It is quite possible that many of the roads or tracks of today had their origins many thousands of years ago, but the physical evidence to prove that is virtually non-existent. The term ‘trackway’ refers to a linear route which has been marked on the ground surface over time by the passage of traffic. A ‘road’, on the other hand, is a route which has been deliberately engineered. Only when routes were engineered – as was the norm in Roman times, but only when difficult terrain demanded it in other periods of history – is there evidence on the ground. It was only much later that routes were mapped and recorded in detail, for example as part of a submission to establish a Turnpike Trust.11, 12 From the earliest times when humans settled and became farmers, it is likely that there was contact between adjacent settlements, for trade or barter, finding spouses and for occasional ritual event (e.g stone axes - it seems likely that the axes made in Langdale would be transported along known ridge routes towards their destination, keeping to the high ground as much as possible [at that time (3000-1500BC) much of the land up to 2000ft was forested]. -
SWARTHMOOR Wwtw, ULVERSTON, Cumbria
SWARTHMOOR WwTW, ULVERSTON, Cumbria Archaeological Watching Brief - Supplementary Report Oxford Archaeology North December 2009 United Utilities Issue No: 2009-10/1004 OA North Job No: L9355 NGR: SD 2788 7787 Swarthmoor WwTW, Ulverston, Cumbria: Archaeological Watching Brief - Supplementary Report 1 CONTENTS SUMMARY .................................................................................................................. 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .............................................................................................. 3 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Circumstances of the Project ........................................................................... 4 2. METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Project Design................................................................................................. 5 2.2 Watching Brief................................................................................................ 5 2.3 Archive........................................................................................................... 5 3. BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................... 6 3.1 Location, Topography and Geology ................................................................ 6 3.2 Historical and Archaeological Background..................................................... -
SCHEMES for the RECLAMATION of LAND from the SEA in NORTH LANCASHIRE DURING the EIGHTEENTH and NINETEENTH CENTURIES Read 20 Febr
SCHEMES FOR THE RECLAMATION OF LAND FROM THE SEA IN NORTH LANCASHIRE DURING THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES BY WILLIAM ROLLINSON, M.A. Read 20 February 1964 OME of the earliest schemes for the reclamation of land S from the sea in North Lancashire were implemented by the monks of Furness Abbey in the thirteenth century. In the fervour of Cistercian colonisation and agricultural reclamation, several areas on Walney Island were reclaimed by the construction of embankments or dykes of beach pebbles. There is some evidence to suggest that several of these dykes were constructed on both the west and east coasts of the island, but only the great Biggar Dyke on the east coast remains today, the west coast embank ments having been destroyed by marine erosion. Extending for almost a mile north-west of the village of Biggar, the dyke protected part of the east coast of Walney and prevented inundation of low-lying ground during spring tides. During the medieval period it was maintained and repaired by the monastic tenants in Furness, but after the dissolution of the abbey in 1537 the responsibility was assumed by the Crown, and in 1564 by the inhabitants of Walney. In spite of such an early and promising beginning, the progress of land reclamation and agricultural development was retarded after the dissolution, and it was not until the eighteenth century and the period of the Agricultural Revolution that interest was again aroused. Under the stimulus of a rapidly growing urban market and a rise in the price of grain during the Napoleonic wars, the period between the mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries was one of agricultural expansion and improvement. -
MORECAMBE BAY LIVES People | Voices | Memories 2 3
MORECAMBE BAY LIVES People | Voices | Memories 2 3 Between 2015-2018 the Morecambe It is a real privilege to be invited CONTENTS Bay Lives project sought to bring into people’s lives and to record different generations together to their memories and we would celebrate the people and places of like to thank everyone who Morecambe Bay. In villages and towns contributed their time and Memories from a Time and tide wait all around the Bay, people met through stories during the Morecambe Morecambe Bay childhood for no man or woman reminiscence and oral history to share Bay Lives project. personal stories and unique insights. 4 John Murphy, Walney Island 15 Colin Midwinter & Harry Experiences of coastal industries, This booklet is a collection Roberts, Morecambe RNLI tourism, wartime, childhood, regional of ‘memory snapshots’ 5 David Hodgson, Morecambe traditions, hidden places and wonderful 16 Bruce Eastwood, drawn from the oral histories 5 Maisie Murray, Morecambe anecdotes of everyday Bay lives have recorded as part of the Sailing, Arnside been collected and preserved in an project. These extracts offer 6 John Murray, Overton archive for the future. The memories 16 Bruce Chattaway, an insight into the story of Ulverston Inshore Rescue shared are at times, dramatic, poignant, this wonderful area but can 7 Denys Vaughan, informative, hilarious and most of all, only scratch the surface Barrow-in-Furness 17 Helen Loxam, full of Morecambe Bay spirit. of the diverse lives and Lancaster Port Commission 8 experiences of the people Jane Smith & Anne Johnson, An important aspect to the project was Canal Foot, Ulverston engaging young people in discovering and of Morecambe Bay. -
Lancashire and Cumbria Route Utilisation Strategy August 2008
Lancashire and Cumbria Route Utilisation Strategy August 2008 Foreword I am delighted to present Network Rail’s Route There are currently aspirations for a service Utilisation Strategy (RUS) for Lancashire and between Southport, Preston and Ormskirk. Cumbria, which considers issues affecting This is partly facilitated by work to enhance the railway in this part of the country over the track and signalling between Preston and next decade and gives a view on longer-term Ormskirk, which will allow a standard hourly issues in the years beyond. service pattern with improved journey times but without the need for more rolling stock. Getting to this stage has involved following a now well-established process. However, there Services into Sellafield during peak hours are two key differences with this strategy. suffer from overcrowding, though Northern The first is that no part of the area it covers Rail’s anticipated service from December is the responsibility of either a Passenger 2008 will address that to a degree. It is Transport Executive or a regional body with important services on this route firstly cater public transport responsibilities. Secondly, for peak traffic at Sellafield and Barrow, with the challenge usually faced when producing services outside the peak being on as close a RUS, that of insufficient capacity to meet to an hourly pattern as possible. current or future demand, is not a major A number of consultation responses were problem here. As a result, this strategy received regarding a direct service between focuses on how to make the best use of Manchester and Burnley, including a report what is already available. -
Rail North West
Rail North West A Class 350 service sits in platform 3 at Oxenholme, perhaps saying how things could have been if the Windermere line had been electrified. Photo courtesy Lakes Line Rail Users Association/ Malcolm Conway Timetable Chaos Caused by Electrification Delay and Cancellation A week of cancellations and delays at meaning a large number of services the start of the new timetable on May needed re-planning to operate with 20th has led to calls by the Mayor of available units, though insufficient Manchester Andy Burnham and the drivers trained on units new to routes Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, (e.g. electric trains to Blackpool North) Steve Rotherham for Northern to be has added to the issue. stripped of its franchise if improvements weren’t made. The Lakes Line between Oxenholme and Windermere is feeling the effects of The disruption was caused primarily by the failure to electrify that line. The delays to the Manchester – Preston replacement bi-mode trains aren’t electrification, and cancellation of ready, but Northern has received some Oxenholme to Windermere schemes, Class 158 diesels from Scotland. With a Newsletter of the North West Branch1 of Railfuture — Summer 2018 Rail North West 2 Summer 2018 top speed of 90mph, they are easier to the greatest timetable change for a timetable on the West Coast Main Line generation as the government carries than the current Class 156 and 153 out the biggest modernisation of the rail units. However, the new units will entail network since Victorian times to an extensive driver training programme, improve services for passengers across and their lack of availability is causing the country.” significant cancellations on this line in particular. -
North West England and North Wales Shoreline Management Plan 2
North West England and North Wales Shoreline Management Plan 2 North West & North Wales Coastal Group North West England and North Wales Shoreline Management Plan SMP2 Main SMP2 Document North West England and North Wales Shoreline Management Plan 2 Contents Amendment Record This report has been issued and amended as follows: Issue Revision Description Date Approved by 14 th September 1 0 1st Working Draft – for PMB Review A Parsons 2009 1st October 1 1 Consultation Draft A Parsons 2009 2 0 Draft Final 9th July 2010 A Parsons Minor edits for QRG comments of 3 rd 9th September 2 1 A Parsons August 2010 2010 Minor amendment in Section 2.6 and 12 th November 2 2 A Parsons Table 3 2010 18 th February 3 0 Final A Parsons 2011 Halcrow Group Limited Burderop Park, Swindon, Wiltshire SN4 0QD Tel +44 (0)1793 812479 Fax +44 (0)1793 812089 www.halcrow.com Halcrow Group Limited has prepared this report in accordance with the instructions of their client, Blackpool Council, for their sole and specific use. Any other persons who use any information contained herein do so at their own risk. © Halcrow Group Limited 2011 North West England and North Wales Shoreline Management Plan 2 Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................................2 1.1 NORTH WEST ENGLAND AND NORTH WALES SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2 ......................................... 2 1.2 THE ROLE OF THE NORTH WEST ENGLAND AND NORTH WALES SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2......... 3 1.3 THE OBJECTIVES OF THE SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2 ................................................................................. 5 1.4 SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2 REPORT STRUCTURE ....................................................................................... -
The History of Tarleton & Hesketh Bank and Their Maritime Past
The History of Tarleton & Hesketh Bank and their Maritime Past “We Built This Village on Rock’n’Coal” By David Edmondson A version of this book is accessible on-line at http://www.heskethbank.com/history.html It is intended that the on-line version will be amended and updated as further information on the villages’ history emerges The author can be contacted on: [email protected] 1 Index Dedication Preface Introduction Geography & General History of Tarleton and Hesketh Bank Time line Village photographs Tarleton & Hesketh Bank Population – Names and Numbers Population Infant mortality, life expectancy, and Causes of Death Surnames Occupations What did Village People Look Like and Sound Like? Influences on the Maritime Economy Roads Rivers Canals Railways Cargos on the Ribble-Douglas-Canal waterway Sailing Ships Built at Tarleton and Hesketh Bank Historical Background List of Ships Built at Tarleton and Hesketh Bank Boatmen, Sailors and Mariners List of Identified Mariners of Tarleton and Hesketh Bank Ship Owners List of Ships with Owners from Tarleton and Hesketh Bank Summary A Bonus: Oddments Collected along the Way: Crime, Religion, Mayors of Tarleton, Types of Sailing Ships, Reading Old Handwriting, Local Dialect, Chelsea Pensioner, Col. Banastre Tarleton Further Sources to be Explored 2 This book is dedicated to my father: John Henry Edmondson 1914-1999 He was born in Tarleton and died in Tarleton. In between he was postman to the villages of Tarleton and Hesketh Bank for 32 years, and was Clerk to Tarleton Parish Council for 48 years. He knew the villages well and was well known in the villages. -
Transpennine Express and Northern Rail Franchise Renewals Stakeholder Consultation
APPENDIX 3 TransPennine Express and Northern Rail Franchise Renewals Stakeholder Consultation Response from the Furness Line Community Rail Partnership Contents 1. Summary of Key Points 2. Background 3. Existing Services 4. CRP Preparation for Consultation 5. The Consultation Principles and Proposals 6. Key Response Points from the Furness Line Community Rail Partnership 7. Answers to Consultation Questions Annex A Furness Line Study by The Railway Consultancy Annex B Fares comparison 1. Summary of Key Points 1.1 The current service on the Furness Line is unfit for purpose: o there is a strong case for the retention, and restoration of previous levels of service between Barrow-in-Furness and Manchester Airport; o local services on the line are failing to provide for key markets, particularly commuters wishing to travel west towards Barrow and Ulverston; o the timetable is uncoordinated and irregular and fails to provide adequate capacity at key times. 1.2 Remapping, with potential loss of through services to Manchester, will result in: o over-crowding of TransPennine Scottish services south of Lancaster; o uncertainty of connections at Preston/Lancaster, where poor historical reliability results in passengers having to wait an unacceptable hour or more for the next train. o uncertainty of through connectivity with interchanges on the Northern Hub and HS2 developments. 1.3 Maintaining and improving the quality of rolling stock serving the route, especially on longer distance services, is a strong necessity. 1.4 Franchise planning needs to provide for massive growth in the local economy: o up to ??? new jobs in Barrow and Ulverston alone in next few years; o up to £17 billion investment on Cumbrian coast by mid 2020s. -
Local Flood Risk Management Strategy
Cumbria County Council Local Flood Risk Management Strategy Annex D Action Plan March 2015 Cumbria County Council Table of contents Page(s) Table D.1. Flood risk management actions covering the whole of Cumbria 3 Table D.2. Actions/measures that will be undertaken by the LLFA and other RMAs to reduce flood risk locally 4 Table D.3. Cumbria LLFA schemes on the Environment Agency Medium Term Plan, March 2015 23 Table D.4. Flood ‘Hotspots’ and priorities by area as at March 2015 24 Serving the people of Cumbria Action Plan Table D.1. Flood risk management actions covering the whole of Cumbria No Action Local Driver Responsible Time frame Previous Quarter (measure) Strategy Body for delivery Quarter Q4 14/15 Objective Q3 14/15 (Policy) A1 Establish register of P2 FWMA LLFA 2015 Green Green structures & features 2010 A2 Establish LLFA as a Statutory P3 FWMA DEFRA, LLFA 2015 Green Green Consultee for drainage within 2010 the planning process A3 Produce SuDS guidance P3 Local LLFA 2015 Green Green Strategy A4 Local Flood Risk P1,P2 FWMA LLFA 2015 Green Green Management Strategy 2010 A5 Power to request P2 Local LLFA; EA On-going Green Green information Strategy A6 Flood investigations P2 FWMA LLFA On-going Green Green 2010 A7 Consenting works on P3 FWMA LLFA On-going Green Green ordinary watercourses 2010 A8 Scrutiny arrangements P2 FWMA LLFA On-going Green Green (internal & external) 2010 A9 SWMP development P1,P2 Local LLFA 2017 Green Green Strategy A10 Develop an integrated asset P1, P2, Local LLFA 2017 Green Green management strategy P4 Strategy -
Clean Streets Consultation Full Report
Clean Streets Consultation Full Report November 2012 This report summarises the results of the Clean Streets Consultation conducted via a self completion and online survey carried out between 2 July and 24 September 2012. Table of Contents Introduction .......................................................................................... 3 Method .................................................................................................. 3 Respondents ........................................................................................ 5 Headline Summary ............................................................................... 6 Dog Control Orders ..................................................................................................................... 6 Fouling of Land by Dogs Order .................................................................................................. 6 Dogs on Leads by Direction Order ............................................................................................. 8 Dog Exclusion Order .................................................................................................................. 9 Dogs on Leads Order .............................................................................................................. 10 Public Urination and Defecation in the Street ......................................................................... 12 Respondents Profile ................................................................................................................