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Bowness-on-Windermere, 1848
BOWNESS, a post-town, in the parish of Windermere, Kendal ward and union, county of Westmorland, 9 miles (W.N.W.) from Kendal. This town or village, which contains the parish church, is beautifully situated on the eastern shore of Windermere Lake; and, from the many objects of deep interest in its immediate vicinity, has been steadily advancing in extent and importance, as a place of favourite resort for visiters, who, in their excursions to the lakes, take up their abode here during the summer months. Two excellent hotels, the Royal (so called in commemoration of Her Majesty Queen Adelaide's visit in 1840) and the Crown, and some lodging-houses, have been built in the village for their accommodation; and in the neighbourhood are several handsome villas erected by persons whom the beauty of the situation has induced to fix their permanent residence here. Pleasure-boats, with fishing-tackle, for parties visiting the lake, are always to be had, and also conveyances for excursions in the environs, which afford a rich display of romantic scenery, and in many points command extensive views of highly varied and strikingly impressive beauty. Two steamers ply during the summer up and down the lake, touching at Ambleside, Waterhead, Low Wood, Bowness, the Ferry inn, and NewbyBridge; and the Kendal and Windermere railway, opened in 1847, brings the traveller from the south to a point (Orrest head) where a spacious hotel has been built, about a mile and a half distant from Bowness. The char of the lake is in high repute, and is potted in great quantities, and sent to all parts of the country. A free grammar school established in 1600 has an endowment of about £60 per annum; a new school-house was lately erected, at an expense of £1,500, by Mr. Bolton, of Storr's Hall, in the parish. The building is situated on a hill overlooking the village, and contains two large schoolrooms; the first stone was laid by William Wordsworth, the eminent poet, in 1836.
Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.
Ulverston
Ulverston Parish, 1848
War Memorial, Ulverston
Underbarrow
Church of All Saints, Underbarrow
The Black Labrador, Underbarrow
Tollhouse, north-east of Underbarrow
War Memorial, Underbarrow
Unthank, Cumbria
Watermillock
Church of all Saints, Watermillock
Windermere
Westmorland and Furness
Ackenthwaite
Aiketgate, Cumbria
Ainstable
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Ainstable
Aldingham
Aldingham Hall (Risedale Nursing Home)
Church of St Cuthbert, Aldingham
Old Rectory, Aldingham
Sundial, St Cuthbert's Church, Aldingham
Allithwaite
Church of Mary, Allithwaite
Alston
Alston at War
Alston Station
Station House, Alston
Alston Town Hall
Church of St Augustine, Alston
Friends Meeting House, Alston
High Mill, Alston
Lowbyer Manor Country House, Alston
Market Cross, Alston
Mill Burn, Mill Races and Fairfield Dam
Old Brewery, Alston
The Angel Inn, Alston
Walton Monument, Alston
War Memorial, Alston
Ambleside
Ambleside at War
Ambleside CofE Primary School
Ambleside Roman Fort (Galava)
Ambleside, 1848
Bridge House, Ambleside
Church of St Mary, Ambleside
High Sweden Bridge, Ambleside
Low Sweden Bridge, Ambleside
War Memorial, Ambleside
Appleby-in-Westmorland
Appleby Castle
Caesar's Tower, Appleby Castle
Lady Anne's Belvedere, Appleby
Appleby East Station
Appleby Horse Fair
Appleby Station
Appleby Station, East Platform Building
Appleby Station, Footbridge
Appleby, 1848
Bongate, Appleby-in-Westmorland
Old Milestone, Bongate, Appleby-in-Westmorland
Boroughgate, Appleby-in-Westmorland
The Red House, Appleby-in-Westmorland
The White House, Boroughgate, Appleby
Bridge Street, Appleby-in-Westmorland
Church of St Lawrence, Appleby
Church of St. Michael, Appleby
High Cross, Appleby
Low Cross, Appleby
Moot Hall, Appleby
Scattergate, Appleby-in-Westmorland
St Anne's Hospital (Almshouses), Appleby
St Lawrence's Bridge, Appleby-in-Westmorland
The Cloisters, Appleby
Armathwaite
Armathwaite Bridge
Armathwaite Castle
Armathwaite, 1848
Arnside
Arnside Tower
Arnside Viaduct
Arnside, 1848
Arrad Foot
Old Post Office, Winster, Cumbria
Arthuret, Cumbria
Old Schoolhouse, Winster
The Brown Horse Inn, Winster
Westnewton, Cumbria
Church of St Matthew, Westnewton
Old Milestone, Westnewton
St Matthew's C.of.E School, Westnewton
Westnewton Castle (remains)
Westnewton Hall
Westnewton Village Hall
Whinnow, Thursby
Whinnyhill
Winder, Cumbria
Church of St Mary, Windermere
Winster, Cumbria
Church of the Holy Trinity, Winster
Allerby, Cumbria
Old Milestone near Heather Bank
Baldwinholme
Beckbrow, Bowness
Bellbank, Bewcastle
Birkrigg, Keswick
Blackwell, Carlisle
Blackwell House
Carlisle Racecourse
Bleatarn, Cumbria
Bortree Stile, Cumbria
Bouth, Cumbria
Bowkerstead
Low Bowkerstead and Barn
Bowness-on-Windermere
Blackwell (house), Bowness-on-Windermere
Bowness Pier