North Scale
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| North Scale | |
|---|---|
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| OS grid reference | SD180700 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BARROW-IN-FURNESS |
| Postcode district | LA14 |
| Dialling code | 01229 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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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External links
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