Woodland, Cumbria Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Woodland - Parish Church (28 April 2006).jpg
Static Image Caption:Anglican Church of St John the Evangelist in Woodland
Coordinates:54.292°N -3.158°W
Official Name:Woodland
Civil Parish:Kirkby Ireleth
Shire District:South Lakeland
Shire County:Cumbria
Region:North West England
Constituency Westminster:Barrow and Furness
Post Town:BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS
Postcode District:LA20
Postcode Area:LA
Dial Code:01229
Os Grid Reference:SD246891
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom South Lakeland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in South Lakeland

Woodland is a dispersed hamlet within the civil parish of Kirkby Ireleth in the Furness region of Cumbria, England, and is located in the southern part of the Lake District National Park, west of Coniston Water, between Torver and Broughton-in-Furness.[1]

Woodland was served by the Woodland Railway Station which was on the now disused and lifted branch line to Coniston.[2] [3] This station was opened with the line in June 1859,[4] and closed by British Railways to passengers in 1958 and goods in 1962.[2] Today the station building is a private residence.

Woodland was also served by the Aulthurstside Primary School,[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] which was endowed and first documented in 1724 when its master was nominated by the minister, trustees and sidesmen.[10] In 1828 the current school house was erected by subscription,[11] but by 1947, there were only eleven pupils, and it was closed.[12] Today the school house is a private residence and, as of 2012, a Caravan Club site with five pitches.[13] [14] A Baptist Meeting House was supposedly built in the vicinity in the 17th century, and has also long since been closed.[15]

Woodland is today served only by the Anglican Church of Saint John the Evangelist from St Mary Magdalene's Church, Broughton-in-Furness in the Diocese of Carlisle, Cumbria.[16] The church building was erected in 1864–65 and parsonage in 1868–69, both to the design of the architect Edward Graham Paley. Previous buildings were erected on the same site in 1698 and 1822.[17] [18] This building is not included on the National Heritage List for England.[19]

From 1900 to 1906, Sea View Cottages in Woodland was the summer residence of the artist, Henry Robinson Hall and family.[20] [21]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#324,488,1 Ordnance Survey Map (1946) - Woodland Hamlet
  2. The Coniston Railway by Robert Western, Oakwood Press, Usk 2007.
  3. The Story of Coniston, 2nd edition, by Alastair Cameron and Elizabeth Brown, privately published, Coniston 2003. See pages 87-93.
  4. Lost Lines - Anthology of Britain's Lost Railways by M.V. Searle, New Cavendish Books, 1983. p187.
  5. Aulthurstside Church of England School, Broughton-in-Furness, BDS 46, Cumbria County Record Office, Barrow in Furness, 1875-1959.
  6. Aulthurstside School Newspapers et al, BDTB/171, Cumbria County Record Office, Barrow in Furness, 1809-1947.
  7. Aulthurstside School et al, BDTB/198, Cumbria County Record Office, Barrow in Furness, 1907-1942.
  8. William Park of Lady Hall et al, BDTB/317, Cumbria County Record Office, Barrow in Furness, 1857-1938.
  9. Cloakroom, Aulthurstside School, Broughton-in-Furness for G Frearson, BSRDNL/1/607, Cumbria County Record Office, Barrow in Furness, 1896.
  10. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53342 Townships - Broughton
  11. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/BroughtonInFurness/history.html Mannex's Directory of Furness and Cartmel, 1882
  12. http://www.nwemail.co.uk/memories/queen-of-furness-1.832563?referrerPath=home/2.4856# Queen of Furness
  13. http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=12227 UK Camp Site - Old School House
  14. http://www.availablepitch.com/cgi-bin/AVpitchnew/main.pl?option=search_site&context=display&site=743 Available Pitch - Old School House
  15. https://archive.org/download/memorialsofoldla02fishiala/memorialsofoldla02fishiala.pdf High Furness
  16. http://www.achurchnearyou.com/woodland-st-john-the-evangelist/ The Church of England - Woodland - St John the Evangelist
  17. The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin by Geoff Brandwood, Tim Austin, John Hughes & James Price, English Heritage, Swindon 2012. See pages 221 & 223.
  18. The Buildings of England - Cumbria - Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness by Matthew Hyde & Nikolaus Pevsner, Yale University Press, New Haven (Conn) 2010 See page 697. Note: This is a combined edition of the volumes written by Nikolaus Pevsner for Cumberland (1967), Westmorland (1967) and the Furness section of North Lancashire (1969).
  19. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/professional/protection/process/national-heritage-list-for-england/ National Heritage List for England - English Heritage
  20. The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and Their Work from its Foundation in 1769 to 1904 by Algernon Graves, S.R. Publishers, East Ardsley 1970.
  21. Aulthurstside Church of England School, Broughton-in-Furness - Admission Registers, BDS 46, Cumbria County Record Office, Barrow in Furness, 1875-1958.

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