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Furness
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county:-
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Cumbria
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locality
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coordinates:-
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SD27
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10Km square:-
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SD26, SD27, SD28, SD29
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SD2070 |
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text:- |
Mason 1907 (edn 1930)
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FURNESS is a bit of Lancashire entirely separated from the
rest of the county by the waters of Morecambe Bay. The
little Winster stream alone divides it from Westmoreland,
and the Duddon from Cumberland; but nowhere does it touch
the shire of which it forms a part.
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Furness is in every way like the two counties between which
it is wedged; it is a bit of mountain country, full of slate
mountains of the Cumbrian group. Like Scotland, it consists
of highlands and lowlands: Low Furness is the peninsula at
the end of the district, which has low shores and low
islands lying off the shores; the largest of these is Walney
Isle. Slate is quarried in the slate mountains of High
Furness, and veins of lead and copper are worked. In Low
Furness, where the rocks are not of slate, but of mountain
limestone, a great treasure has been found of late years,
enormous beds of iron-ore, which yields iron of the very
best kind. This valuable "find" has changed much of Low
Furness into a Black Country, full of smoke, and noisy with
the roar of blast furnaces and the clang of many hammers.
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date:-
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1907
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period:-
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1900s
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Martineau 1855
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Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by
Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere,
Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855;
published 1855-71. |
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All the way to Furness, ... There are few objects more
picturesque, to this day, than the huts of the woodcutters,
who remain on a particular spot till their work is done.
Upon piled stems of trees heather is heaped, to make a
shaggy
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thatch; and when the smoke is oozing out, thin and blue,
from the hole in the centre, or the children are about the
fire in front, where the great pot is boiling, the sketcher
cannot but stop and dash down the scene in his book. The
children will say he is "spying fancies," - as they say of
every one who sketches, botanizes, or in any way explores;
and perhaps somebody may have the good taste to advise him
to come at night, when the glow from the fires makes the
thicket a scene of singular wildness and charm. A sad story
about a charcoal-burner belongs to this neighbourhood. On
two farms lived families which were about to be connected by
marriage. The young lover was a "coaler," - a
charcoal-burner; and one stormy day, when he was watching
his fire, and sitting on a stone near his hut to take his
dinner, he was struck dead by lightning. The poor crazed
survivor, his Kitty Dawson, went to that hut after the
funeral, and would never leave it again. She did nothing but
sit on that stone, or call his name through the wood. She
was well cared for. There was always food in the hut, and
some kind eye daily on the watch,- though with care not to
intrude. One day in winter, some sportsmen who were passing
took the opportunity of leaving some provision in the hut.
They became silent, and silenced their dogs. But she could
never more be disturbed. They found her dead.
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charcoal burner
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: Dawson, Kittty
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date:-
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1855
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19th century, late; 1850s
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old map:- |
Close 1805
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A Map of Furness, Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1
inch, drawn by William Close, engraved by R Hixon, Strand,
London, published by George Ashburner, Ulverston,
Lancashire, 1805. |
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A MAP of FURNESS
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placename:-
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Furness
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date:-
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1805
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period:-
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19th century, early; 1800s
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old text:- |
Camden 1789
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Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the
Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by
William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition
by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. |
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While I was looking round from this hill [in Lancaster] for
the mouth of the Lone which empties itself not much below,
Forness, the other part of this county, almost torn off by
the sea, presented itself to my view. For the shore here
running out a great way to the west, the sea, as if enraged
at it, lashes it more furiously, and, in high tides. has
even devoured the shore, and made three large bays, viz.
Kentsand, into which the river Ken empties itself, Levensand
and Duddensand, between which the land projects in such a
manner that it has its name thence, Foreness and Foreland
signifying the same with us as Promontorium anterius in
Latin.
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placename:-
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Foreness
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other name:-
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Fourness
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date:-
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1789
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1780s
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Camden 1789 (Gough
Additions)
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Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the
Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by
William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition
by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. |
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Mr. Camden speaks of Furness as almost separated from
Lancashire by the encroachment of the sea. He might have
affirmed that it is no where else connected with any part of
the county. ...
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The low or plain part of Furness, which is so called to
distinguish it from the woody or mountainous part, produces
all sorts of grain, but principally oats, whereof the bread
eaten in this country is generally made; and there are found
here veins of a very rich iron ore, which is not only melted
and wrought here, but great quantities are exported to other
parts to mix with poorer ores.
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In the mountainous parts of this country are found quarries
of a fine durable blue slate to cover buildings with, which
are made use of in many other parts of the kingdom; and here
are several cotton-mills lately erected; and if fuel for
fire were more plentiful, the trade in this country would
much increase; but there being no coals nearer than Wigan or
Whitehaven, and the coast duties high, firing is rather
scarce, the country people using only turf or peat, and that
begins to be more scarce than formerly.
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Bishop Gibson derives the name of Fourness from the numerous
furnaces there antiently, whose rents and services called
Bloomsmithy rent are still annually paid.
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In the mosses of Furness much fir is found, but more oak:
the trunks in general lie with their heads to the east, the
high winds having been from the west. High Furness has ever
had great quantities of sheep which browse upon the hollies
left in great numbers for them; and produces charcoal for
melting iron ore, and oak bark for tanners' use in great
abundance. Low Furness was applied to the uses of
agriculture. The forests abounded with deer and wild boars,
and the legh or scofe or large stags, whose horns are
frequently found underground here.
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date:-
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1789
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1780s
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old map:- |
West 1784 map
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A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and
Lancashire, now Cumbria, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch,
engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, included in the Guide
to the Lakes by Thomas West, published by William
Pennington, Kendal, Westmorland, and in London, from the 3rd
edition 1784, to 1821. |
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LOW FURNESS
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goto source.
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placename:-
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Low Furness
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county:-
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Lancashire
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poem:- |
Drayton 1612/1622 text
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Poem, Polyolbion, by Michael Drayton, published 1612,
part 2 with Cumbria published by John Marriott, John
Grismand, and Thomas Dewe, London, 1622. |
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page 136:-
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placename:-
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Furnesse
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person:-
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: Amphitrite
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person:-
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: Saxons
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person:-
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: Britons
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date:-
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1612; 1622
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period:-
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17th century, early; 1610s; 1620s
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source:- |
Lloyd 1573
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Map, Angliae Regni, Kingdom of England, with Wales, scale
about 24 miles to 1 inch, authored by Humphrey Lloyd,
Denbigh, Clwyd, drawn and engraved by Abraham Ortelius,
Netherlands, 1573. |
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Furnes
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placename:-
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Furnes
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date:-
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1573
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period:-
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16th century, late; 1570s
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roman road,
Furness |
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Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013
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