Haverthwaite

Haverthwaite
Milk churns at Haverthwaite Railway Station
Haverthwaite  Haverthwaite shown within Cumbria
Population	797 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SD3483
Civil parish	Haverthwaite
District	South Lakeland
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ULVERSTON
Postcode district	LA12
Dialling code	01539
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Westmorland and Lonsdale
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Coordinates: 54°14′35″N 3°00′18″W / 54.243°N 3.005°W

Haverthwaite is a small village and civil parish in the Furness region of Cumbria. 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. 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

In 1798 Low Wood gunpowder works was established and continued production until 1935. The nearby River Leven was used to transport the finished product.^[4]

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

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'.^[5] It appears in the music video of Never Went to Church by The Streets.^[6]

Railway

The village is the starting point of the preserved Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway,^[7] a popular tourist attraction providing connections to Windermere.

References

1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 13 June 2015.
2. Archived February 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
3. Archived July 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
4. "Haverthwaite, Cumbria". Thecumbriadirectory.com. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
5. "Haverthwaite photos, maps, books, memories". Francisfrith.com. 2007-11-03. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
6. "YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
7. "The Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway". Lakesiderailway.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-07-18.