Haverthwaite

Haverthwaite

Haverthwaite

Human settlement in England

Haverthwaite is a small village and civil parish in the Furness region of Cumbria, England. It is also within the boundaries of the Lake District National Park. It is located several miles east of Ulverston and is near the southern end of Windermere. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 728,[2] increasing at the 2011 census to 797.[1]

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The village gets part of its name from the Old Norse word thwaite which usually refers to a clearing or settlement in the forest.

History

The village was originally a Viking settlement, but it has been suggested that there may have been a settlement of sorts there before the Vikings arrived.[3]

In the 18th century there were two iron furnaces near the village, one at Backbarrow and the other at Low Wood. The furnace at Backbarrow was supplied from 1711 with iron ore from Low Furness which would have arrived at the quays in Haverthwaite and been transported to Backbarrow by horse and cart. In 1860 the Furness Railway opened its branch line that ran from Ulverston to Lakeside and almost overnight the quays fell into disuse.[4]

In 1798 Low Wood gunpowder works was established and continued production until 1935. The nearby River Leven was used to transport the finished product.[5]

The vicarage was demolished in the 1970s to make way for the new route of the A590.[citation needed]

St Anne's Church was originally a chapel under Colton; it was consecrated in 1825 and extended in 1838. When it was built, it received a grant on condition that 200 sittings were to be 'free and unappropriated for ever'.[6] It appears in the music video of Never Went to Church by The Streets.[7]

Railway

The village is the starting point of the preserved Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway,[8] a popular tourist attraction providing connections to Windermere.

Haverthwaite train station

See also

References

  1. [1]
    UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Haverthwaite Parish (E04002609)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  2. [2]
    UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Haverthwaite Parish (16UG026)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. [3]
    Archived 11 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. [4]
    Archived 25 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. [5]
    "Haverthwaite, Cumbria". Thecumbriadirectory.com. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  6. [6]
    "Haverthwaite photos, maps, books, memories". Francisfrith.com. 3 November 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  7. [7]
    "YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  8. [8]
    "The Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway". Lakesiderailway.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
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