-
Historically a part of the
county of Westmorland,
Windermere town was
known as
Birthwaite prior to the
arrival of the
Kendal and
Windermere Railway,
which stimulated...
- one of his in the
Palace of Westminster. The
selection of the town of
Birthwaite as the
location of the
station serving the lake was what led to it taking...
- fell and
farmland in the
township of Applethwaite. The
nearest farm was
Birthwaite,
which gave its name to the
station and the
village that
began to grow...
- An Act for
making a
Railway from the
Lancaster and
Carlisle Railway to
Birthwaite in the
Parish of Windermere, to be
called "The
Kendal and
Windermere Railway...
-
village of
Bretton to be
commonly known as Monk
Bretton Priory. John de
Birthwaite was
Prior of Monk
Bretton in 1350. In that year Sir
William de Notton...
-
Oxenholme and its
terminus at
Windermere (although it
actually is in
Birthwaite about .75
miles (1 km) from the
actual lake). The
station opened in April...
- John
Silvester (1652 – 5 May 1722) held the
Lordship of
Birthwaite and Kexborough, near Barnsley, then in the West
Riding of Yorkshire,
which he bought...
- born here. Jill
Scott (racing driver)
racing driver and
aviator lived at
Birthwaite Hall
Alban Turner,
English first-class cricketer, was born here Anna Cotton...
- at the race track. She was born
Eileen May
Fountain on 21 May 1903 at
Birthwaite Hall in Darton, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, to
Minnie Eveline (née Longley)...
- the
Kendal and
Windermere Railway which was to run from
Oxenholme to
Birthwaite, a
small community in what is now
Windermere town. It
would make a junction...
