210 12pp design RiPa_Layout 1 27/04/2010 16:52 Page 2 Village & Country Walks 210 12pp design RiPa_Layout 1 27/04/2010 16:52 Page 3 Burgh by Sands Village points of interest. he following points from the Roman wall. the church yard the clay house building technique was of interest cover the village commands fine views north to the solway developed by Vikings who, when expelled from of Burgh by sands and and scotland, east to the pennines and south Dublin in the 9th. Century, settled on the solway surrounding areas. to the lake District. the porch is Arts and plain. As there was a scarcity of wood and Crafts period and the simply styled interior suitable stone they adapted a building technique The War Memorial. is well worth a visit. then used in scandinavia. Cobbles from the river Burgh by sands war memorial is in the new were used to form a base that supported a type of cemetery to the north side of the road, opposite The Roman Occupation. wooden ‘A’ frame, or cruck, to carry a thatched st. Michael’s church. this part of the solway plain was the location roof and walls, built using a mixture of straw, this memorial, which has a two step base, of a number of Roman military encampments reeds and clay mixed with sand. plinth and tapered staff topped by a Celtic cross, used to guard nearby river fords frequented by Many good examples of clay dabbins can be was purchased from public subscription and northern raiding parties. seen in Burgh by sands, including Cross farm unveiled in october 1921. within Burgh by sands parish there is and fauld farm. lamonby farm and edna’s the front, as you approach, and two side evidence of two forts which pre-date hadrian’s Cottage both retain thatched roofs. faces are inscribed in the memory of 16 named command, possibly dating to AD 79. servicemen who gave their lives during the so the village name, Aballava to the Romans, called great war of 1914-18. and chronologically Burch (c.1180), Burg en the nine local servicemen who fell during le sands (c.1292) and now Burgh by sands, the second world, 1939-45, were, until 2009, derives from the old english ‘burh’ meaning remembered on a second memorial, an incised stronghold - the later names also referring to bronze plaque in a carved wood frame, which the Roman fort(s) having been located is in st. Michael’s church. these names were amongst the sand dunes. transcribed to the rear face of the primary the western end of hadrian’s wall, memorial, which was including the section through Burgh, was then re-dedicated in originally constructed (c.AD122) using turf november 2009. with stone mile-castles. later it was rebuilt in stone; turret 71B being St. Michael’s demolished to allow a fort to be built astride the LAMONBY FARM Church. wall slightly to the north of st. Michael’s church. Tatie Pot Alley. 12th Century and built ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH MICHAEL’S ST the southern defence ditch, or vallum, was built tatie pot is a Cumbrian version of stew that from stones sourced at the same time. the wall and fortifications originally tended to be a dish for communal from hadrian’s wall and the Roman fort, on were later plundered for stone to build houses, eating in the winter maybe at a village get- the site which the church stands. it is unique in farm buildings and local churches, including together or society celebration. having two towers. King edward i lay in state st. Michael’s. there are numerous variations of the hearty in 1307, after his death on Burgh Marsh. today, above ground in this village, there is and popular tatie pot but it was primarily of the fortified west tower was used as a little evidence of hadrian’s wall and associated lamb, black pudding and potatoes (taties). place of refuge during the Border Raids. vallum. the wall ran just to the north and the tatie pot Alley was used as a short cut from During the 17th and 18th centuries local vallum approximately 100 metres to the south Main Road near white Row through the village children were taught in the church’s vestry. of the main street through Burgh by sands. to north end. the name derives from the fact there is a three bay arcade of pointed that there was a public bake house on waste land arches, on octagonal columns and the north Clay Houses. adjacent to north end where villagers could aisle has stained glass windows representing in Burgh by sands village and surrounding area take their bread and tatie pots to be cooked for clay built houses, known locally as clay dabbins, northern saints and King edward i. a small charge. survive from as early as the middle ages. Usually the communal bake house was demolished St. Mary’s Church - Beaumont. long houses, this type of building provided homes this norman church was constructed on the for the majority of solway people for the best in the 1950’s to be replaced by a telephone site of a Roman milecastle, largely using stones part of 1000 years. exchange. 210 12pp design RiPa_Layout 1 27/04/2010 16:52 Page 4 The Public Hall. damp meadow areas and a pond, all of which following completion of the silloth rail the public hall was opened in 1894 and have been planted with native species. extension, the liverpool steamer service was managed for 28 years by Burgh public hall Much of the planting was completed by moved to silloth. thereafter silloth developed Company limited; children of the village. as a resort and the rail line became increasingly no record of how it funding for the development mostly came popular with visitors from scotland, Carlisle was originally funded from the heritage lottery and Big lottery funds. and west Cumberland as well as providing a has been found. the Village green and wildlife area connecting service for local people and a method in January 1923 maintains, opens and enhances the green space of transport for farmers’ livestock and produce. the company was that existed within the village whilst creating a in 1883 the line carried 8,000 passengers, in voluntarily wound-up valuable recreation and wildlife resource for one day, to the Barony Races at Burgh by sands but one month later a PUBLIC HALL the public to enjoy into the future. which celebrated the accession of a new lord of Board of trustees was formed for the future the Manor. Watch Hill and the Jacobite Rebellion management of the hall. the current the silloth to Carlisle line was closed in 1964 Burgh’s coastline has been a hive of illegal activity constitution was compiled in 1965 and as part of British Railways rationalisation under over the centuries from the raging Reivers to the the hall then granted charitable status. lord Beeching. movement of contraband! the car-park behind the hall was created the canal/railway line ran roughly parallel watch hill, the highest during 1965 following the acquisition of to and 200 metres to the south of Main street point locally, just to the west of additional land. through Burgh by sands. the village station is the village was used as a ‘look- As was common across the country, the now a private dwelling; otherwise the bridge out’ since pre-Roman times. village school(s) had no facility for providing CHARLIE PRINCE BONNIE at west end, is the only obvious sign of a the most famous person lunches so up to the early 1960’s pupils walked canal and railway having run through to cross the solway firth was to the parish hall for lunch. Burgh by sands. Bonnie prince Charlie at the start of the Jacobite the hall continues to provide a meeting Rebellion in 1745, staying at the ‘stonehouse’ Local Flora and Fauna and entertainment centre for the community. in nearby Moorhouse. the birds, animals and plants The Village Green and Wildlife Area. that you are likely to see, will be Disused Canal/Railway. dependent upon the time of the year, the Village green and adjoining wildlife Area the 11½ mile Carlisle navigation Canal weather conditions and, on some walks, are at the centre of the village. DRAGONFLY between Carlisle and the village of fishers Cross, the state of the tide. this public amenity was conceived during later renamed port Carlisle, was opened in March the solway coast is designated as an ‘area of the 1980’s and became part of the Burgh by 1823. this canal, having 8 locks and being 18 feet outstanding natural beauty’ which attracts many sands parish plan, compiled in 2003. wide, was used to handle goods mostly from seasonal migratory birds, like barnacle geese. the existing grazing land was purchased liverpool. typically the sea and canal journey the salt marshes and mudflats of the solway with money donated by local people. from liverpool to Carlisle took 1 day. firth are the third largest in the UK and are the redesign was agreed in consultation with, this canal was beset with problems, the recognised as a Designated special Area of and the implementation achieved with, energetic harbour at port Carlisle was tidal and the Conservation (sAC). and enthusiastic support from the community. building of a viaduct at Bowness on solway the local grass is equally famous as it the land adjacent to the road was filled, caused port Carlisle to quickly silt up, so was provided the turf for the old wembley stadium, levelled and grassed to form the Village green, financially not viable.