Photographs of Halton in the Lune Valley and on the edge of the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire.
The tower of St. Wilfrid's Church dates from the 16th century, but the rest of the church was rebuilt in 1792 by Paley and Austin of Lancaster.
The overall height of this pre-Norman high cross is 4.5m. The 11th century decoration on the shaft shows scenes from the Viking legend of Sigurd the dragon slayer. Christianized symbols include St George and the dragon plus the four apostles, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
The overall height of this pre-Norman high cross is 4.5m. The 11th century decoration on the shaft shows scenes from the Viking legend of Sigurd the dragon slayer. Christianized symbols include St George and the dragon plus the four apostles.
The 1765 Bradshaw family mausoleum in St Wilfrid's churchyard at Halton in the Lune Valley.
Motte and bailey castle and Halton War Memorial. The two grassy mounds that lie close to the church are the site of a wooden motte and bailey castle. This defensive Norman fortification would have been a great vantage point to guard the Lune Valley. The keep would have stood on the higher motte The lower and larger oblong bailey would have held a fenced courtyard containing living quarters and possibly an area for livestock.
Tercet 8 of The Lancashire Witches Walk, at the CrookO'Lune at Halton.The 51 mile walk, created to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Lancashire Witches trial and hangings in 1612, runs between Barrowford and Lancaster Castle. Ten cast iron waymarkers created by Stephen Raw have been positioned along the route with each waymarker commemorating one of the 'witches'. This waymark at the Crook O'Lune is dedicated to Jane Bulcock. Each waymark is inscribed with one tercet of 'The Lancashire Witches' poem by Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.
TERCET 8:
"But that was then- when difference
made ghouls of neighbours; child beggars,
feral, filthy, threatened in their cowls."
Waymark 8 of The Lancashire Witches Walk beside East Railway Bridge at the Crook O'Lune, Halton, Lancashire.
The 51 mile walk, created to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Lancashire Witches trial and hangings in 1612, runs between Barrowford and Lancaster Castle. Ten cast iron waymarkers created by Stephen Raw have been positioned along the route with each waymarker commemorating one of the 'witches'.
This waymark at the Crook O'Lune is dedicated to Jane Bulcock. Each waymark is inscribed with one tercet of 'The Lancashire Witches' poem by Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.
TERCET 8:
"But that was then- when difference
made ghouls of neighbours; child beggars,
feral, filthy, threatened in their cowls."
The Crook O'Lune East Viaduct at Halton was built in 1880 for the Midland Railway to carry the line between Lancaster and Wennington. The bridge was refurbished in 2013 to carry the cycleway and footpath linking Caton and Halton with the River Lune Millennium Park in Lancaster.
A northerly view up the River Lune from the disused railway bridge at the Crook O'Lune, Lancashire.
Halton Lune Hydro, one of the biggest community owned hydro-electric schemes in the UK is on the River Lune at Halton near Lancaster in Lancashire.
The first bridge to cross the River Lune here was built in 1849 to enable Halton villagers to access their railway station. safely following the death of 8 workers when a ferry capsized. That first toll bridge was washed away in 1869 and another in 1913. The present bridge was then built using parts from the old Greyhound Bridge that was being demolished in Lancaster. The bridge ceased to be a toll bridge in the 1960s.
The old Halton Railway Station was opened in 1849 for the "Little" North Western Railway. It was linked to Halton village by a railway-owned narrow toll bridge across the River Lune. The original timber station was destroyed by fire in 1907, but rebuilt with brick and timber. The station and line from Wennington to Morecambe were closed in 1966 and the line has now made a pleasant footpath and cycleway along the banks of the River Lune.
