A new project.
This page and the links below are the beginnings of a catalogue and record of houses, farms
and other buildings in the Parish that have some historic interest and where there are records,
either as photographs, anecdotes or recollections, associated with them.
It has initially been taken wholly from the book Cameos of Crosthwaite and Lyth by kind permission
of the authors Pam Bownass, Penny Mutch, Hartley Trotter and John Wilson.
However it is hoped that further information in the form of photographs, notes or other records
are added to these pages on web site as time and space allow. This in the long term will
provide a permanent and expanding record of the architectural history of the Parish.
Details of each individual building can be accessed in two ways. The first two pages below list the houses in alphabetical order. When the page is opened up there is a list of properties where records are available and if you “click” on the property name you should jump to the details. Clicking on the photograph associated with the property should open up a larger picture although it would be best to have broadband as some of the pictures are quite large. At present only a few properties have photographs associated with them but more will be added over coming months; but you can get a feel of things to come.
The map below is an alternative means of searching for a property based on its location. “Clicking” on the red blocks should take you to the relevant details in the pages referred to above. However two words of warning:.firstly this is in its infancy and at present only a few buildings are indexed this way and secondly the map is large file (over 1 Mbyte) and would be tedious to download without broadband. The indexing of the map will be added to over the coming weeks; it is however quite a tedious process and also I need Hartley to tell me where some (most!) of the properties are located.
Any contributions in the form of notes or additional photographs would be gratefully received. I will do my best to include any contributions. Please contact me either by e-mail, as below, or a note to South Low.
Please also any comments on presentation and content would be most welcome and I will try and accommodate any suggestions.
John Sceal
South Low
Update
From the hits we are getting on the web site it is clear that there is considerable interest in the history of the Parish. I have decided to include the text from all of the chapters in the book. Over the coming months (2009/2010) I will add to the list below.
Chapter 1 - History and the Landscape
Chapter 3 - Manufacturing and Business
Houses, Farms and other buildings - A to M