Baycliff

Baycliff

Maskel Point
Baycliff
Baycliff shown within Cumbria
OS grid reference SD2872
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Ulverston
Postcode district LA12
Dialling code 01229
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament

Baycliff is a seaside village in the South Lakeland District of Cumbria in England. Historically in Lancashire, it lies 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Ulverston, in the civil parish of Aldingham. At the centre is a village green, and many of its buildings date from the 17th and 18th centuries. The two public houses, the Farmer's Arms and the Fisherman's Arms, are situated close to the green.[1]

History

In the past Baycliff, earlier spelt Baycliffe, was a fishing and farming community. The industries of iron mining and local white stone quarrying provided employment for the men of the village.[2] The iron was shipped to Backbarrow.

The village was the birthplace in about 1619 of the prominent Quaker preachers Alice Curwen (maiden name unknown) and her husband Thomas Curwen.[3]

Limestone

Baycliff limestone is still produced; the quarry beds produce two distinct stones. Lord is oatmeal coloured with dark cream markings; Caulfield is a buff stone with light coffee mottling. Both are versatile materials, used to create distinctive, durable floors and paving schemes, and in landscaping designs.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ English Lakes
  2. ↑ The Cumbria Directory Archived August 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Michael Mullett: "Curwen, Thomas (c. 1610–1680)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, United Kingdom: OUP, 2004) Retrieved 17 November 2015
  4. ↑ Burlington Stone

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