Ulverston
Ulverston | |
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Town and parish | |
Market Street, Ulverston | |
Location within Cumbria | |
Population | 11,678 (2011)[1] |
Demonym | Ulverstonian |
OS grid reference | SD2878 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ULVERSTON |
Postcode district | LA12 |
Dialling code | 01229 |
Police | Cumbria |
Fire | Cumbria |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Ulverston is a
History
The name Ulverston, first noted as Ulurestun in the
The
The parish church is a listed building and was founded in the 12th century. Historically, the parish included chapelries and
Town Bank Grammar School was founded in 1658 from a benefaction by Thomas Fell.[11] The Victoria Road drill hall opened in 1873.[12]
The High Carley Hospital and Ulverston Joint Hospital Board built an infectious disease hospital at High Carley, Pennington, in 1884. It was initially a fever hospital for paupers. In 1916 a second hospital, run by Lancashire County Council, was built to treat tubercular patients. From 1949 a children's annexe was built. In the 1950s, as the number of tubercular patients decreased, the hospital was run as an acute hospital. In 1984, after the building of the new Furness General Hospital, High Carley was closed.[13]
In 2009, the comedian Ken Dodd unveiled a statue of Laurel and Hardy (by Graham Ibbeson) outside Coronation Hall in the town centre.[14]
Earthquake
On 28 April 2009, Ulverston was near the
Governance
Ulverston falls within the
The town is in the wider
Places of interest
The
The limestone
Ulverston Town Hall was completed in 1825.[21]
The Roxy Cinema opened on 21 June 1937 with 'Rose Marie' starring Nelson Eddy and Jeanette Macdonald. It was designed by Drury and Gomersall for the James Brennan circuit.[22]
Education
Ulverston Victoria High School (UVHS), the town's secondary school, with some 1,200 pupils, includes a sixth form college with about 400.[23] There are four main primary schools; Croftlands Junior (secular), St Mary's (Catholic), Church Walk (Church of England) and Sir John Barrow (secular)[24] and a special education school, near Sandside.[25]
Transport
The town's several bus services include the X6 between Kendal and Barrow-in-Furness via Grange-over-Sands, the X12 to Coniston and Spark Bridge, and the 6A and 6 to Barrow-in-Furness.
Local media
Regional TV news comes from Salford-based BBC North West and ITV Granada. Television signals are received from the Winter Hill TV transmitter, [26] and the Lancaster relay transmitter.[27]
Local radio stations are BBC Radio Cumbria on 96.1 FM, Heart North West on 96.9 FM, Smooth Lake District on 100.1 FM and community based radio stations Cando FM [28] on 107.3 FM and Bay Trust Radio, a DAB station. [29]
The town's local newspapers are The Westmorland Gazette and North West Evening Mail. [30]
Twin towns
Ulverston is twinned with
In July 2016 Ulverston, as the birthplace of the film comedian Stan Laurel, was officially twinned with Harlem, Georgia, United States, birthplace of Laurel's screen partner Oliver Hardy.[33]
Festivals
The many festivals held at Ulverston include:
- Another Fine Fest,[35] celebrating Ulverston and the birth of Stan Laurel.
- Dickensian Festival.[36]
- Furness Tradition.[37]
- Retro Rendezvous[38]
Sport
Football
Ulverston Rangers association football team has existed since 1945.[39] It currently plays in the West Lancashire Football League and the Furness Football League.
Rugby League
Ulverston Amateur
Other sports
The town's two field hockey clubs, South Lakes and Ulverston, are based at Ulverston Leisure Centre. The town regularly has events run by Lakeland Orienteering Club. A parkrun event has been held every Saturday at Ford Park since 2018.[40]
International links
The Royal Norwegian Honorary Consulate in Barrow-in-Furness, one of the numerous consulates of Norway, is actually located on the outskirts of Ulverston.[41]
The town of Ulverstone in Tasmania, Australia is named after Ulverston and likewise built at the mouth of a River Leven.
Religion
Christianity
Ulverston is where
Buddhism
The New Kadampa Tradition is headquartered in the Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre whom purchased Conishead Priory in 1976. Buddhism is Ulverston's second largest religion after Christianity.
Freedom of the Town
The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Town of Ulverston.
Individuals
- Peter Winston: 15 May 2019.[42]
Military units
- The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment: 7 May 2011.[43][44]
- 2223 (Ulverston) Squadron Air Training Corps: 18 April 2015.[45]
Notable people
In alphabetical order:
- Ella Blaylock Atherton (1860–1933), physician
- Cuthbert Bardsley (1907-1991), Anglican bishop of Coventry, was born in Ulveston
- Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919), novelist, was born in Ulverston.
- Admiralty's Second Secretary. A monument to him; a replica of the third Eddystone Lighthouse, stands on Hoad Hilloverlooking the town.
- Nuremberg Trials, was born in Ulverston.[46]
- Norman Gifford (born 1940), international cricketer[47]
- Jess Gillam (born 1998), saxophonist[48]
- Maude Green, mother of the Bill Haley[49]
- Francis Arthur Jefferson (1921–1982), a Victoria Cross-winning soldier born in Ulverston[50]
- Stan Laurel (1890–1965), actor born at 3 Argyle Street, Ulverston[51]
- Kate Lister (born 1981), historian and blogger
- Selina Martin (1882–1972), suffragette
- Christine McVie (1943–2022), singer and songwriter born in the nearby village of Bouth
- James Penny (1741–1799), slave-ship owner, who became a prominent anti-abolitionist
- Bob Shaw (1931–1996), science fiction writer, lived in Ulverston.
- William Basil Weston (1924–1945), a Victoria Cross-winning officer, was born in Ulverston. There is a memorial to him in the town's Catholic Church.
Arms
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See also
References
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- ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Ulverston Parish (16UG072)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ A. D. Mills (2003). Dictionary of British Place Names. Oxford University Press. p. 475.
- ^ Viking Answer Lady. "Viking Answer Lady Webpage – Old Norse Men's Names". Retrieved 4 November 2007.
- ^ a b c Eilert Ekwall (1922). The Place-Names of Lancashire. Manchester University Press.
- ^ W. Rollinson, (1997), The Cumbrian Dictionary of Dialect, Tradition and Folklore, Smith Settle Ltd, p. 115.
- ^ "Index to the Parishes, Townships, Hamlets, and Places Contained Within the Districts of the Several County Courts in England and Wales. H.M. Stationery Office, 1888, p. 243". 21 October 1888.
- ^ "Ulverston, Cumbria". Visit Cumbria. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- South Lakeland District Council. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- ^ Frederic A. Youngs. Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Volume 2. Boydell & Brewer.
- ^ "Ulverston". Cumbria County History Trust. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ "Former drill hall including sergeant's house, administration and entrance blocks and boundary walling". Historic England. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ Cumbria Archives High Carley Hospital
- ^ "Statue honours Laurel and Hardy". BBC News. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ^ "Tremor strikes north-west England". BBC News. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- North-West Evening Mail. 30 April 2009. Archived from the originalon 10 August 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
- ^ "Earthquake Shakes Buildings in Cumbria". Sky News. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
- ^ "Ulverston Town Council".
- ^ "Laurel and Hardy Museum". lakedistrictletsgo.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
- ^ UK Attraction Hoad Monument
- ^ "Former Ulverston Town Hall, Queen Street, Ulverston". Greenlane Archaeology. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "History of the Cinema". Northern Morris Cinemas. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Ofsted inspection report (2007)". Ofsted. 29 November 2007. Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- ^ "Furness LPG – Ulverston primary schools list" (PDF). Cumbria County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ Schools Insight. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "Winter Hill (Bolton, England) Full Freeview transmitter". May 2004.
- ^ "Lancaster (Lancashire, England) Full Freeview transmitter". May 2004.
- ^ https://candofm.co.uk/
- ^ "About – Bay Trust Radio".
- ^ "Local Newspapers for Cumbria and the Lake District".
- ^ "Ulverston-Albert Twinning Association | Ulverston Town Council". www.ulverstoncouncil.org.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Bonjour from Blackpool Airport!". News Powered by Cision. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ AP, Chris Thelen / (3 October 2008). "Ga. town keeps Laurel and Hardy's legacy alive". msnbc.com. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Ulverston Dickensian Christmas Festival". Retrieved 9 October 2008.
- ^ "Another Fine Fest 2020 | 20th -21st June | Ulverston". www.anotherfinefest.co.uk.
- ^ "Ulverston Dickensian Christmas Festival is proud of their #dickfest". The Poke. 27 November 2015.
- ^ "Festival 2020". Furness Tradition.
- ^ "Retro Rendezvous – The Lake District Vintage Festival". Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "Football | GSK Sports". Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "First Ulverston Parkrun gets off to perfect start". The Mail. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ "The Norway Portal - Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs". Norgesportalen.
- ^ Thomas, Michael (15 May 2019). "Peter Winston makes history as first winner of Freedom of the Town award in Ulverston". The North West Evening Mail. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ Tunningley, Allan (10 June 2010). "Regiment gets 'yes' in Ulverston freedom vote". The Westmorland Gazette. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "The Duke of Lancaster's regiment receives town honour". BBC News. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ Tunningley, Allan (21 April 2015). "Freedom of the Town honour for Air Training Squadron". The Westmorland Gazette. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ Norman Birkett: The Life of Lord Birkett of Ulverston. ASIN 0140113452.
- ^ "Norman Gifford". cricinfo.com. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
- ^ Ovens, Eleanor (27 April 2019). "Sax prodigy Jess Gillam returns to Ulverston to celebrate album launch". The Mail. Barrow-in-Furness. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Bill Haley and his Comets". Classic Bands. Retrieved 18 January 2006.
- ^ "Feature Page of Francis Arthur Jefferson VC". Lancashire Fusiliers. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
- Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
- ^ "Ulverston Town Council (Cumbria)". Civic Heraldry of England. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
External links
- Media related to Ulverston at Wikimedia Commons
- Ulverston travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Cumbria County History Trust: Ulverston (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
- Official website
- Ulverston history at GENUKI
- Heritage First (formerly Ulverston Heritage Centre)