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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.

Bowness-on-Windermere

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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


Bleatarn, Cumbria


Bortree Stile, Cumbria


Bouth, Cumbria


Bowness-on-Windermere


Blackwell (house), Bowness-on-Windermere


Bowness Pier

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