. The earth and its inhabitants .. . y, to the south of Preston, has cotton-mills and waggon works, and is a place LANCASHIEE. 277 of some note, whilst Leyland, Fulivood, and Kirkkam are mere villages withcotton-mills. Lytham, on the northern bank of the Kibble, attracts a few visitorsas a sea-bathing place, but the favourite watering-place of Lancashire is Blackpool,a little farther north, where the usually flat shore rises into earthy cliffs, fromwhose summit may be enjoyed a view of the Irish Sea. The road from Preston to Lancaster crosses the Wyre at Garstang, near whichis Greenhaigh Castl
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . y, to the south of Preston, has cotton-mills and waggon works, and is a place LANCASHIEE. 277 of some note, whilst Leyland, Fulivood, and Kirkkam are mere villages withcotton-mills. Lytham, on the northern bank of the Kibble, attracts a few visitorsas a sea-bathing place, but the favourite watering-place of Lancashire is Blackpool,a little farther north, where the usually flat shore rises into earthy cliffs, fromwhose summit may be enjoyed a view of the Irish Sea. The road from Preston to Lancaster crosses the Wyre at Garstang, near whichis Greenhaigh Castle. Lancaster, the political capital of Lancashire, takes its name from the riverLune, or Lun, which washes its walls. It occupies the site of a Roman station—probably Longovicium—and is commanded by a modernised castle, whence may beenjoyed the magnificent panorama presented by the Welsh hills, the Isle of Man,and the Cumbrian Mountains. The town manufactures American cloth, leather, cocoa Fig. 137.—Preston. Scale 1 : 450, Q. Depth vinder 5 Fathoms Depth over 5 IMHe. matting, furniture, silks, cottons, and waggons. A short railway connects Lancasterwith its outlying suburbs of Poulton-le-Sands and Morecambe, on Morecambe of 300 tons burden are able to ascend the Lune with the tide as far as thequays of Lancaster, the maritime port of which is Fleetwood, a forsaken-lookingplace at the mouth of the Wyre, connected by a line of steam-packets withBelfast. Near it is the famous school installed in old Rossall House. The detached portion of Lancashire north of the Sands (that is, those ofMorecambe Bay, which are exposed, and can be crossed when the sea retiresfrom the bay) is also known as Furness, from a famous old abbey, beautiful evenin its present state of ruin, and seated in a country more beautiful still. Ulversionis the nominal capital of this district. A ship canal, lined by furnaces and paper-mills, connects it with Morecambe Bay. John B
Size: 2350px × 1064px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectgeography, bookyear18
