Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Seascale

civil parish:-

Seascale (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY03760110 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY0301

10Km square:-

NY00

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 78 6)
placename:- Seascale

source data:-

Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Seascal

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.

BO18SC99.jpg
"Seascal"
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Seascales

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.

D4NY00SW.jpg
"Seascales"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:- figurehead

source data:-

Photograph, sepia, Herding Neb and The Crescent, Seascale, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.

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HB0711.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : ALPS375
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old print:- Philip/Wilson 1890s

source data:-

Print, engraving, Seascale from the North, published by George Philip and Son, London, Philip, Son and Nephew, Liverpool, Lancashire, and Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, about 1895.

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PW1E31.jpg
"SEASCALE FROM THE NORTH."
item:- JandMN : 58.32
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evidence:-

old print:- Pearson 1900s
item:- coach; horse

source data:-

Print, halftone photograph, The Wastwater Coach Leaving Seascale, Cumberland, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.

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PS1E21.jpg
On p.47 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts.
printed at bottom:- "THE WASTWATER COACH LEAVING SEASCALE."
item:- Armitt Library : A1188.28
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evidence:-

old photograph:- Seascale 1920s-30s
placename:- Seascale

source data:-

Photograph, halftone, bathing at Seascale, Cumberland, by Edward Sankey, Barrow-in-Furness, in a guide book, Seascale for Health and Holidays, published by Edward Burrow and Son, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s-30s.

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SES105.jpg
item:- JandMN : 1079.5
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evidence:-

old photograph:- Seascale 1920s-30s

source data:-

Photograph, halftone, South Parade and Green, Seascale, Cumberland, by Edward Sankey, Barrow-in-Furness, in a guide book, Seascale for Health and Holidays, published by Edward Burrow and Son, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s-30s.

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SES106.jpg
item:- JandMN : 1079.6
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evidence:-

old photograph:- Seascale 1920s-30s

source data:-

Photograph, halftone, the beach, Seascale, Cumberland, by Edward Sankey, Barrow-in-Furness, in a guide book, Seascale for Health and Holidays, published by Edward Burrow and Son, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s-30s.

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SES107.jpg
item:- JandMN : 1079.7
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evidence:-

old advertisement:- Seascale 1920s-30s

source data:-

Photograph, halftone, sunset, Seascale, Cumberland, by Edward Sankey, Barrow-in-Furness, published by Edward Burrow and Son, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s-30s.

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SES108.jpg
item:- JandMN : 1079.8
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old advertisement:- Seascale 1920s-30s

source data:-

Photograph, halftone, on the sands, Seascale, Cumberland, by Edward Sankey, Barrow-in-Furness, published by Edward Burrow and Son, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s-30s.

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SES109.jpg
item:- JandMN : 1079.9
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:- Seascale

source data:-

Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.

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POF7Cm.jpg
"Seascale"
map date 1909

evidence:-

old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:- Seascale

source data:-

Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.

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PF10Cm.jpg
"Seascale"
map date 1892

evidence:-

old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:- Seascale

source data:-

Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.

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POF2Cm.jpg
"Seascale"
map date 1890

evidence:-

old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:- Seascale

source data:-

Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.

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POF8Cm.jpg
"Seascale Stn."
map date 1873

images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

Seascale, Population

Figures from Census returns.

1901	356
1911	699
1921	1144
1931	593
1941	no census taken
1951	1328
1961	1990

evidence:-

old painting:-
item:- ship

source data:-

Painting, watercolour, Isle of Man from Seascale, Cumberland, by Frederick Clive Newcome, 1893.

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PR1155.jpg
Distant view of the Isle of Man across a calm sea with a steamer crossing the horizon to left of composition and a sailboat in the centre.
signed &dated at bottom left:- "NEWCOME '93"
item:- Tullie House Museum : 1974.60.3
Image © Tullie House Museum

evidence:-

old painting:-

source data:-

Painting, watercolour, Seascale, Cumberland, by Frederick Clive Newcome, 1884.

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PR0867.jpg
Seashore on a breezy day with a storm threatening; sandy beach at low tide viewed from tan elevated viewpoint amongst the sand dunes. On the beach two men make a small fire beside a rowing boat whilst further along the beach two figures stand at the water's edge. To left of composition the buildings of the town stand on the clifftop, distant hills rising beyond.
signed &dated at bottom centre:- "NEWCOME 1884"
item:- Tullie House Museum : 1915.18.2
Image © Tullie House Museum

sundial

hearsay:-

The Furness Railway thought to develop surplus land here, planning a hotel, avenues of detached and semi-detached houses, and a promenade, 1879. Hardly anything was built. By 1900 there was a golf course.

You could hire a bathing machine or deck chairs, buy ice cream, have a donkey ride, buy buckets and spades, ...

In 1897 the Furness Railway was asked to stop sending excursion trains because they brought

"a class of people who by their language and manners drive the visitors from the beach and to the streets"

hearsay:-

There is a cannon on a plinth overlooking the beach. During World War I it was covered up so that the enemy didn't think the town was fortified, and worth bombarding. The present cannon was placed there in 1998; the original cannon was melted down for its metal during World War II.

places:-

NY04510134 Black How (Seascale)