Social reformer and Quaker Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) campaigned for better conditions in prisons. She and her husband visited Lancaster Castle in 1820 and 'expressed much satisfaction on its plan and cleanliness, order and industry, observing that . . . — — Map (db m274850) HM
Thomas Storey (1825-1898) was committed to the golden age of science, learning and the arts. A successful local businessman, he was elected Lancaster Mayor four times, stood for parliament and was finally given a peerage in 1887.
In the same . . . — — Map (db m279992) HM
Local lad Robert Gillow (1704-1772) ended his apprenticeship and set sail from Lancaster to Jamaica as a ship's carpenter. In the tropics, he found himself seduced by mahogany and returned with wood to work on in Lancaster.
Initially his . . . — — Map (db m279996) HM
The junction of Penny Street, Cheapside and Market Street has long been an important point for trade in Lancaster - as well as being the focal point of one of its post popular legends. Known locally as Horseshoe Corner, the name refers to an . . . — — Map (db m274852) HM
Lancaster Castle's origins date back almost 1,000 years. This Grade I Listed building is built on the site of three successive Roman forts and is owned by the British Monarch as part of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Until recently, the Castle was a . . . — — Map (db m279989) HM
Although not granted city status until 1937, the birth of modern Lancaster can be traced right back to the Domesday book of 1086 where written reference to it appears for the first time.
A major step forward in the history of the city took . . . — — Map (db m280000) HM
Lancaster and particularly the Castle, has a long standing association with the Quaker movement. Commonly considered to have been founded by George Fox, it developed in the second part of the seventeenth century amidst the aftermath of civil war. . . . — — Map (db m279997) HM
An early innovative electrification scheme linking Lancaster Castle, Lancaster Green Ayre, Morecambe Promenade and Heysham Harbour
In the early 1900s at a Midland board meeting it was decided to conduct an experiment by running electric . . . — — Map (db m280019) HM
There has been a Meeting House on this site since 1677. The original building was replaced and enlarged in 1708 and forms the core of the present Meeting House, making it Lancaster's second oldest place of worship after the Priory Church. It was . . . — — Map (db m274851) HM
Richard Owen was born on 20 July 1804 in the house that stood on this site. He became a leading authority on natural history, invented the word 'dinosaur' and published over 600 books and papers. He was a firm favourite of Queen Victoria and Prince . . . — — Map (db m280002) HM
In this house
Was born on the 7th day of January 1832.
Sir William Turner,
K.C.B., F.R.S., D.Sc., LL.D., D.C.L.,
Knight of the Royal Prussian
Order Pour-le-Merite,
Professor in and principal and
Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh . . . — — Map (db m280001) HM
As you alight from your carriage or dash for your train, would you believe that wherever your point of departure the ticket in your back pocket has its origins in Lancaster?
Lancaster born Thomas Edmondson (1792) is credited with inventing the . . . — — Map (db m279999) HM
The 1750s saw the emergence of 'Shrigleys', an interior decoration firm that brought together painting, carving and gilding for Lancaster's wealthy home owners.
The manufacture of stained glass increased dramatically in the late eighteenth and . . . — — Map (db m279991) HM
