Beckliff

Baycliff

Baycliff

Seaside village in South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England

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, stand close to the green.[1]

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

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