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Cark
Cark (sometimes Cark in Cartmel) is a village in Cumbria, England. It lies on the B5278 road to Haverthwaite (and to the A590 road) and is ½ mile north of Flookburgh, 2 miles southwest of Cartmel and 3 miles west of Grange-over-Sands. It is in the historic county of Lancashire. The village is served by the Cark and Cartmel railway station on the Furness Line between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster. The village used to have a water-powered cotton mill between 1785 and c1815. Cark is ½ mile south of Holker Hall owned by Lord and Lady Cavendish. Royal Air Force Station Cark was constructed near Flookburgh in late 1940. It was used by training and anti-aircraft co-operation units from March 1941 until closure in December 1945. After many years of disuse, it was reopened for civilian use and is the location of the North West Parachute Centre. Notable people * Christopher Rawlinson (1677–1733) of Carke Hall in Cartmel, antiquary * Edith Allonby (1875-1905), writer and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Buildings In Lower Holker
Lower Holker is a civil parish in the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England. It contains 62 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, five are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages of Flookburgh and Cark, and the English country house, country house of Holker Hall with its grounds, and is otherwise rural. The hall and items in its grounds are listed. Most of the other listed buildings are in the villages, and most of these are houses and associated structures. Other listed buildings include farmhouses and farm buildings, bridges, a public house, a railway footbridge, a former school, a drinking trough, a market cross, a war memorial, and a church. __NOTOC__ Key Buildings References Citations Sources * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RAF Cark
Royal Air Force Cark or more simply RAF Cark is a former Royal Air Force station in the county of Cumbria (formerly Lancashire) which was operational between 1941 and 1945. It was built near the villages of Cark and Flookburgh on the Cartmel Peninsula which today forms part of Cumbria. History Construction RAF Cark was constructed on a site which had been considered for a possible airship factory in 1916. Preparation work had been undertaken, however the project was cancelled the following year. Operational life RAF Fighter Command Opening in 1941, the station was designed primarily to operate as a fighter station under the control of No.9 Group, RAF Fighter Command, in order to afford protection to the industrialised areas of northwest England. The airfield featured a dispersal site on the east side which consisted of six pens each able to accommodate two aircraft. On the northwest side of the airfield a Bellman Hangar was built on the technical site and in time this was sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cark And Cartmel Railway Station
Cark & Cartmel is a railway station on the Furness line, which runs between and . The station, situated north-east of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the villages of Allithwaite, Cark, Cartmel and Flookburgh in Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. History The station is architecturally interesting, with buildings constructed by the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway. The station opened on 1 September 1857 as ''Cark-in-Cartmell''. The station was then renamed a number of times, including ''Cark'', ''Cark and Cartmel'' and ''Cark-in-Cartmel'', with the current name adopted on 13 May 1984. The Furness Railway took over the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway on 21 January 1862. It was later absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on 1 January 1923. The station had a particular importance, as it serves Holker Hall, the home of Lord Cavendish of Furness formerly belonging to the Dukes of Devonshire. Special waiting rooms were provided for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Rawlinson (antiquary)
Christopher Rawlinson (1677–1733) of Carke Hall in Cartmell, Lancashire, was an English antiquary. Origins He was born on 13 June 1677 at Springfield in Essex, the second son of Curwen Rawlinson of Carke Hall in Cartmell, Lancashire, a Member of Parliament for Lancaster in 1688, by his wife Elizabeth Monck, a daughter and co-heiress of Nicholas Monck, Bishop of Hereford, a younger brother of George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608–1670) KG. Career He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford, on 14 June 1695. He inherited his father's estates. In 1723 he erected to the memory of his grandfather Nicholas Monck, Bishop of Hereford, a pyramidical monument in black and white marble in St. Edmund's Chapel, Westminster Abbey. Works He devoted himself to Anglo-Saxon studies and in 1698 published (with assistance from Edward Thwaites), the Saxon text of the ''Consolation of Philosophy'' by Boethius, from a transcript at Oxford made by Francis Junius. It was printed with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartmel
Cartmel is a village in Cumbria, England, northwest of Grange-over-Sands close to the River Eea. The village takes its name from the Cartmel Peninsula, and was historically known as Kirkby in Cartmel. The village is the location of the 12th-century Cartmel Priory, around which it initially grew. Historically in Lancashire, since 1974 it has been in the administrative county of Cumbria. Whilst its history has been in its ecclesiastical and agricultural communities, Cartmel has since the mid-twentieth century developed as a minor tourist destination, being just outside the Lake District National Park. Several attractions in the village, including Cartmel Racecourse and a Michelin-starred restaurant, cater to this tourist trade. History The name Cartmel means ‘sandbank by rocky ground’, from the Old Norse (rocky ground) and . The place-name is first attested in 677, when the Cartmel Peninsula was granted to St Cuthbert, whose influence may explain why by the Norman Conque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North West Parachute Centre
The North West Parachute Centre is a BPA affiliated parachuting centre and skydiving drop zone at Cark, Cumbria. The drop zone operates a PAC XL750 Turbine aircraft. The centre provides student training in the Ram Air Progression System, Accelerated Freefall and Tandem skydiving Tandem skydiving or tandem parachuting refers to a type of skydiving where a student skydiver is connected to an instructor via a harness. The instructor guides the student through the whole jump from exit through freefall, piloting the canopy .... The centre provides advanced coaching in formation skydiving and freefly. Deaths Peter Shaw – May 2005 References External links SkydiveNorthwest.co.uk/– Official Website Parachuting in the United Kingdom Sports venues in Cumbria {{air-sports-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith Allonby
Edith Allonby (1 December 1875 – 5 September 1905) was an English writer and teacher. (Her surname was sometimes spelled Allanby or Allenby.) She wrote two novels set on a fictional planet, and died by suicide hoping to bring more attention to her third novel. Early life Allonby was born in Cark, the daughter of Joshua Allonby and Jane Deborah Orr Allonby. Her mother died when she was a small child. She studied at Whitelands College. Career Allonby was a teacher and schoolmistress at St. Anne's National School in Lancaster. She wrote three novels: ''Jewell Sowers'' (1903), ''Marigold'' (1905), and ''The Fulfillment'' (1905). The first two novels, first published anonymously at her own request, are set on a fictional planet named "Lucifram"; "an experiment in fantasy... lightly written, bright, and entertaining", said a London reviewer of ''Jewel Sowers'' in 1904. Her last novel was published posthumously, and was presented as a fantasy inspired by divine revelation. "The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Holker
Lower Holker is a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria. It includes the villages of Cark and Flookburgh, the hamlets of Holker, Ravenstown and Sand Gate, and historic Holker Hall. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,808, increasing at the 2011 census to 1,869. In chronostratigraphy, the British sub-stage of the Carboniferous period, the 'Holkerian' derives its name from Holker Hall.Harland, W.B. 1990 ''A Geologic Time Scale 1989'', Cambridge University Press p43 See also *Listed buildings in Lower Holker Lower Holker is a civil parish in the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England. It contains 62 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, five are listed at Grad ... References External links Cumbria County History Trust: Holker, Lower(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) Civil parishes in Cumbria {{Cumbri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flookburgh
Flookburgh is an ancient village on the Cartmel peninsula in Cumbria, England, until 1974 part of Lancashire. Being close to Morecambe Bay, cockle and shrimp fishing plays a big part in village life. Flookburgh is sometimes thought to derive its name from a flat fish, known as the Fluke, found in the area. (Many people in Flookburgh say, in fact, that Flookburgh wasn't named after the Fluke; the Fluke was named after the village.) However, it is far more likely that the name is Norse, an adaptation of 'Flugga's Town'. Location Flookburgh is located away from the nearest town, Grange-Over-Sands. Travelling by road, it is to the south of Kendal, to the east of Ulverston, to the east of Barrow-in-Furness and to the west of Lancaster. Modern times Flookburgh is also home to Furness Fish & Game who produce Morecambe Bay potted Shrimps, the famous Cartmel Sticky Toffee Pudding is made in the village. Cark airfield, which is actually in Flookburgh, is home to the North We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holker Hall
Holker Hall (pronounced Hooker by some) is a privately owned country house located about 2 km to the southwest of the village of Cartmel in the ceremonial county of Cumbria and historic county of Lancashire, England. It is "the grandest uildingof its date in Lancashire ...by the best architects then living in the county." The building dates from the 16th century, with alterations, additions, and rebuilding in the 18th and 19th centuries. The 19th century rebuilding was by George Webster in Jacobean Revival style and subsequent renovations were by E. G. Paley. Hubert Austin had a joint practice with Paley by the 1870s and they both rebuilt the west wing after it was destroyed by a major fire in 1871, only a decade after Paley's previous work on the structure. The fire also destroyed a number of notable artworks. Holker Hall is Paley and Austin's "most important country house commission." The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner expressed the opinio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's county town is Carlisle, in the north of the county. Other major settlements include Barrow-in-Furness, Kendal, Whitehaven and Workington. The administrative county of Cumbria consists of six districts ( Allerdale, Barrow-in-Furness, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden and South Lakeland) and, in 2019, had a population of 500,012. Cumbria is one of the most sparsely populated counties in England, with 73.4 people per km2 (190/sq mi). On 1 April 2023, the administrative county of Cumbria will be abolished and replaced with two new unitary authorities: Westmorland and Furness (Barrow-in-Furness, Eden, South Lakeland) and Cumberland ( Allerdale, Carlisle, Copeland). Cumbria is the third largest ceremonial county in England by area. It i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmorland And Lonsdale (UK Parliament Constituency)
Westmorland (, formerly also spelt ''Westmoreland'';R. Wilkinson The British Isles, Sheet The British IslesVision of Britain/ref> is a historic county in North West England spanning the southern Lake District and the northern Dales. It had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. Between 1974 and 2023 Westmorland lay within the administrative county of Cumbria. In April 2023, Cumbria County Council will be abolished and replaced with two unitary authorities, one of which, Westmorland and Furness, will cover all of Westmorland (as well as other areas), thereby restoring the Westmorland name to a top-tier administrative entity. The people of Westmorland are known as Westmerians. Early history Background At the beginning of the 10th century a large part of modern day Cumbria was part of the Kingdom of Strathclyde, and was known as '' "Scottish Cumberland" ''. The Rere Cross was ordered by Edmund I (r.939-946) to serve as a boundary marker between England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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