EPW029259 ENGLAND (1929). Main Street, Cockermouth, 1929

Point No 11 on the Cockermouth Town Trail - Wordsworth House. Built in 1745 this Georgian house was built by the county sheriff. It was the birthplace of William and Dorothy Wordsworth and is now owned by the National Trust and is open to the public.

Point No 12 on the Town Trail - The birthplace of Fearon Fallows. He was born in the weavers cottage next to Wordsworth House, became Astronomer Royal and went to South Africa to map the Southern hemisphere skies where he died of a tropical disease in 1831.

Point 9 on the Town Trail - Old Kings Arms Lane. Once the site of workers' houses built on a burgage plot. Now redeveloped into shops and cafes including the Tourist Information Centre.

Point 10 on the Town trail - Cocktons Yard. one of the many yards in the town developed in the industrial revolution - workers' houses built in a long burgage plot (garden) of a street fronted house.Note the upper "weavers windows" to allow extra light into the upper floor.

We were told by an old lady who used to live in our shop as a young girl, that the yard at the rear of the shop was used by Mitchell the Auctioneer as his first Auction Ring. There was a balcony immediately to the rear of the Toy Shop on which he would stand and auction stock led into the yard through the archway. So possibly the site of the UK's first Auction Ring. (source J Chippendale)

Point No 8 on the Town Trail- The Mayo Statue. Mayo was Irish and was the M.P. for Cockermouth from 1857-1868. He became Viceroy of India 1868 - 1872 and was assassinated whilst inspecting a prison. Local people collected the money to pay for the statue.

Waterloo Street - point 14 on the Cockermouth Town Trail. Previously a mill area, the streey has been substantially restored into a residential area. Note Whartons Mill (Linen) on the North side and further along towards High Sands Lane the "Beehive House". The significance of the beehive is not clear.

Graves Mill - point 13 on the Cockermouth Town Trail. An old woollen mill now converted into flats. The river bank here, known as the sands, used to be the site of cattle and horse markets.

There used to be a pub called the Weavers' Arms where Bridge Street is now. it was demolished to make way for the road access. Adjacent buildings now have a tendency to lean into the gap. (source C Beckett)

Cockermouth Boys Club. Dances were regularly held here on Friday nights. Local Groups played including eh Spirit of St Louis. The club was run by Eric Swanson? (source unknown)

The Trout Hotel was once a private house owned by the Eland family (source unknown)

Mock Grecian Villa, The Manor House, was once the site of the local Magistrates Court still in use in the 1960's. (source unknown)

Tennis courts at the rear of Norham House.(source unknown)