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North Scale
North ScaleLocation in Barrow-in-Furness BoroughShow map of the former Borough of Barrow-in-FurnessNorth ScaleLocation within CumbriaShow map of Cumbria
OS grid reference	SD180700
Unitary authority	Westmorland and Furness
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
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	Barrow and Furness
List of places UK England Cumbria 54°07′11″N 3°15′18″W / 54.11978°N 3.25502°W / 54.11978; -3.25502

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.

History

North Scale was first identified as an agricultural settlement, owned by Furness Abbey, in 1247.

As a Parliamentarian stronghold in the English Civil War it was briefly sieged by Royalists.

In 1865, the Crown Inn opened in North Scale.

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.

Modern development

The village grew with the development of the Red Ley estate in the 1960s and the Barnes estate in the 1970s.

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.

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. The song has been recorded by Fiddler's Dram and Martin Wyndham-Reed.

References

1. "www.walney-island.com".
2. Diary of Sir Henry Slingsby 1644. cited in Barrow and District Barnes 1951
3. "www.walney-island.com".
4. "The Lakes Counties: A Bridge Too Far?". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
5. "www.walney-island.com".
6. "Home".
7. Allan, Sue (2017). "FOLK SONG IN CUMBRIA: A DISTINCTIVE REGIONAL REPERTOIRE?" (PDF).
8. Wyndham-Reed, Martin. English Sporting Ballads, Broadside BRO128.

External links

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