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Barrow Bells - GALLERY 5 - Early Images from 1870 to 1920 |
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There is a SLIDESHOW with old and new photographs together, and further down this page there is More Information about Cavendish Memorial and this set of photographs. | ||
Group Photograph at the |
Group Photograph - St James' Bell Ringers Excursion to Bolton Abbey. |
Riverside walk along the |
Waterfall probably in the 'Valley of Desolation'/Posforth Gill tributary of River Wharfe, North of Bolton Abbey |
Group photograph - St James' Bell Ringers Excursion |
Waterfall probably in the 'Valley of Desolation'/Posforth Gill tributary of River Wharfe, North of Bolton Abbey |
'The Strid' on the River Wharfe North of Bolton Abbey |
Three figures on outing to Bolton Abbey? |
'The Strid' on the River Wharfe North of Bolton Abbey |
Church Outing to Bolton Abbey (circa 1890)The Tower Log Book records an excursion sponsored by generosity of the church and churchwardens to Kirkby Lonsdale and the River Lune in July 1886. The photographs above are irrefutably taken on an outing to Bolton Abbey (see the modern day photo equivalents below), and although the photographs were kept with the tower records, there are too many people pictured to be the ringers of St James. It would seem plausible that it was a general church outing, including the ringers. CAVENDISH / DEVONSHIRE Lord Frederick Cavendish (2nd son of the 7th Duke of Devonshire) together with his elder brother Spencer Cavendish, the 8th Duke of Devonshire
and Barrow-in-Furness' other founding fathers (Ramsden, Schneider, Buccleuch) gifted the solitary bell at St James that rang until it ws replaced in 1877 by the ring of 8 bells we have today. Death of Lord Frederick Cavendish The Cavendish Memorial Fountain was erected in the Bolton Abbey Estate, and it was inaugurated in June 1886 to commemorate his life (see NY Times). See also Waymarking.
It is in front of this fountain that the members of St James church are pictured. The memorial fountain is in almost pristine condition, which suggests the memorial was relatively new. The outing probably took place shortly after the arrival of the railway with Embsay station built in 1888, but certainly before the turn of the century. It is possible that the excursion had been organised to pay respects to Lord Frederick Cavendish and visit the Duke of Devonshire estates. |
Modern day photographs of Bolton Abbey (taken 25th August 2013) from similar viewpoints to old photos above. SLIDESHOW with old and new photos together | ||
The Cavendish Memorial Fountain |
Bolton Abbey |
Waterfall in the Valley of Desolation |
Waterfall in the Valley of Desolation |
The Strid on the River Wharfe |
Top of The Strid on the River Wharfe |
This photograph is of the bellringers in 1901 |
This photograph not believed to be at Bolton Abbey, and possibly later (1910-1920?) based on the comparison of appearance of some of the ringers in this and the 1901 photograph above If you have any ideas where, when or who the subject of the photo, please contact tower correspondent Group of Ringers? |