North Scale
North Scale is a village and one of only four settlements on the Isle of Walney, Cumbria, England. It is the northernmost settlement, lying a mile north of Vickerstown.
| North Scale | |
|---|---|
  North Scale Location in Barrow-in-Furness Borough  North Scale Location within Cumbria | |
| OS grid reference | SD180700 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BARROW-IN-FURNESS |
| Postcode district | LA14 |
| Dialling code | 01229 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
History
North Scale was first identified as an agricultural settlement, owned by Furness Abbey, in 1247.[1]
As a Parliamentarian stronghold in the English Civil War it was briefly sieged by Royalists.[2]
In 1865, the Crown Inn opened in North Scale.[3]
Before the Jubilee Bridge to Walney Island opened in 1908, people crossing on foot at low tide would arrive near North Scale. A causeway was built to make crossing possible for longer periods.[4]
Modern development
The village grew with the development of the Red Ley estate in the 1960s and the Barnes estate in the 1970s.[5]
North Scale has a community centre, and is linked by bus services to the rest of Walney Island, and to Barrow-in-Furness, via the Jubilee Bridge.
The village is home to the Lakes Gliding Club.[6]
In popular culture
North Scale is mentioned alongside Biggar in the folk song 'Wa'ney Island Cockfight' as the origin of one of the groups of cockfighters.[7] [8]The song has been recorded by Fiddler's Dram and Martin Wyndham-Reed.
References
- http://www.walney-island.com/north_scale_01.htm
- Diary of Sir Henry Slingsby 1644. cited in Barrow and District Barnes 1951
- http://www.walney-island.com/crown_hotel_01.htm
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.walney-island.com/timeline_01.htm
- http://www.lakesgc.co.uk/
- Allan, Sue (2017). "FOLK SONG IN CUMBRIA: A DISTINCTIVE REGIONAL REPERTOIRE?" (PDF).
- Wyndham-Reed, Martin. English Sporting Ballads, Broadside BRO128.
