North Scale
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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]
In popular culture
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
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- ^ Diary of Sir Henry Slingsby 1644. cited in Barrow and District Barnes 1951
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Lakes Counties: A Bridge Too Far?". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."www.walney-island.com". Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Home".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Allan, Sue (2017). "FOLK SONG IN CUMBRIA: A DISTINCTIVE REGIONAL REPERTOIRE?" (PDF).
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wyndham-Reed, Martin. English Sporting Ballads, Broadside BRO128.
External links
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