North Scale

North Scale
North Scale is located in the former Borough of Barrow-in-Furness
North Scale
North Scale
Location in Barrow-in-Furness Borough
North Scale is located in Cumbria
North Scale
North Scale
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceSD180700
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBARROW-IN-FURNESS
Postcode districtLA14
Dialling code01229
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AmbulanceNorth West
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54°07′11″N 3°15′18″W / 54.11978°N 3.25502°W / 54.11978; -3.25502

North Scale is a village and one of only four settlements on the Isle of Walney, Cumbria, England. It is the northernmost settlement, lying a mile north of Vickerstown.

History

North Scale was first identified as an agricultural settlement, owned by Furness Abbey, in 1247.[1]

As a Parliamentarian stronghold in the English Civil War it was briefly sieged by Royalists.[2]

In 1865, the Crown Inn opened in North Scale.[3]

Before the Jubilee Bridge to Walney Island opened in 1908, people crossing on foot at low tide would arrive near North Scale. A causeway was built to make crossing possible for longer periods.[4]

Modern development

The village grew with the development of the Red Ley estate in the 1960s and the Barnes estate in the 1970s.[5]

North Scale has a community centre, and is linked by bus services to the rest of Walney Island, and to Barrow-in-Furness, via the Jubilee Bridge.

The village is home to the Lakes Gliding Club.[6]

North Scale is mentioned alongside Biggar in the folk song 'Wa'ney Island Cockfight' as the origin of one of the groups of cockfighters.[7][8] The song has been recorded by Fiddler's Dram and Martin Wyndham-Reed.

References

  1. ^ "www.walney-island.com".
  2. ^ Diary of Sir Henry Slingsby 1644. cited in Barrow and District Barnes 1951
  3. ^ "www.walney-island.com".
  4. ^ "The Lakes Counties: A Bridge Too Far?". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  5. ^ "www.walney-island.com".
  6. ^ "Home".
  7. ^ Allan, Sue (2017). "FOLK SONG IN CUMBRIA: A DISTINCTIVE REGIONAL REPERTOIRE?" (PDF).
  8. ^ Wyndham-Reed, Martin. English Sporting Ballads, Broadside BRO128.

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