Swarthmoor

Swarthmoor
Swarthmoor
Shire county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ulverston
Postcode district	LA12
Dialling code	01229
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Barrow and Furness;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°11′01″N 3°07′12″W / 54.18356°N 3.12007°W

Swarthmoor is a small village near Ulverston, in Cumbria, England. Located on the Furness peninsula, it was historically part of Lancashire.

Etymology

Swarthmoor Village was named after its location on the Swarth Moor, which was formerly a marsh-covered moorland. The Swarth Moor's name was derived from the word sweart, meaning black.^[1]

History

Before 1850 there were just a few farmsteads on Swarth Moor, and Swarthmoor Hall, which is located to the east of today's village.

Friends' Meeting House. The modern village of Swarthmoor grew in the mid-19th century, with houses built to accommodate the workers from nearby iron ore mines, particularly the Lindal Moor Mines. Some of the houses in Fox Street were built by John Bolton ('Old Daddy Bolton'), who was a surveyor and geologist. As the village grew in size it joined with the hamlets of Cross-a-Moor and Trinkeld. In 1883 a reading room on Fox Street was opened by Lord Muncaster, as a place for local miners to read newspapers – the Reading Rooms building is now used by village organisations, its upper floor is the church of St Leonard.^[2]

Swarthmoor Hall

Situated on the outskirts of the village is

Quaker movement.^[3]

Facilities in Swarthmoor

Swarthmoor is home to Swarthmoor Social Football Club Founded in 1946, the club has two adult teams who play in the Furness Premier League. The Junior set-up was re-formed in 2005 and has over 200 children playing ranging from 4 to 16 years old.

There is a public house in the village – The Miners Arms.

References

^ Eilert Ekwall (1922). The Place-Names of Lancashire. Manchester University Press.
^ "Co-Curate: Swarthmoor". Retrieved 5 October 2018.
^ "Swarthmoor Hall". Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2010.

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Pennington (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Swarthmoor Hall Website

Media related to Swarthmoor at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Eilert Ekwall (1922). The Place-Names of Lancashire. Manchester University Press.

[2] "Co-Curate: Swarthmoor". Retrieved 5 October 2018.

[3] "Swarthmoor Hall". Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2010.

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