Search Currently displaying: 11 results You've searched for:Theme: "Defending the Bay" xtype: "story" x Search term Filter by Theme Archaeology of the Bay (6)Central Walney Searchlights (1)Cockerham Observation Tower (1)Gleaston Castle (1)North Walney Gunners Range (2)South Walney- H5 Battery and Hilpsford Battery (1)Warton Crag (3)Fun in the Bay (3)Natural landscape (3)Working in the Bay (3)Fishing (1)Ship and boat building (1)Women's lives (2)Filter by Location Arnside and Silverdale (1)Barrow-in-Furness (2)Cockerham (1)Gleaston (1)Lancaster (1)Morecambe (1)Walney Island (3)Warton (3)Filter by Century 14th (1)20th (6)30th (2)31st (2)32nd (2)33rd (2) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Time and Tide A young woman, pregnant and desperate, is last seen jumping from the landing stage near Morecambe clock tower into the ... The Romans are Coming, Don’t Panic !!! … Or … “They Came, They Saw, They Went Away Again” … maybe ! In 1785 the antiquarian William Hutchinson visited Warton ... A Lofty Conical Eminence One of the earliest images and written descriptions of Warton Crag was made by William Hutchinson in 1789. Hutchinson described ... Understanding Warton Crag Iron Age hillfort Warton Crag Iron Age hillfort is a Scheduled Anicent Monument and currently on Historic England’s Heritage at Risk register. As part of our H2H ... Gleaston Castle: Digital Discovery Gleaston Castle is a hidden gem, tucked away near the village of Gleaston. Its origin and history is uncertain. Some ... Wartime Memories of Arnside Gillian Asplin was born Gillian Davy in 1939 in Grange-over-Sands, but the family soon moved to Arnside as her father ... Zeppelin over Barrow - Denys Vaughan Wartime Walney The air above wartime Walney was always abuzz with Royal Air Force training flights. Planes chased each other, shot at ... Recording the Bay's Military heritage We are delivering this training project for volunteers to gain skills in archaeological recording and understanding miliary structures and landscapes. ... North Walney Ranges At Walney there are two superimposed ranges, both intended for testing and practising firing from aircraft. Extending out from the peritrack ... Defending the Docks Oral History Defending the Docks was a community heritage project researching many different aspects of the history of Barrow-in-Furness during the Second ...