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Baycliff

Coordinates: 54°08′36″N 3°05′42″W / 54.14333°N 3.095°W / 54.14333; -3.095
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Baycliff
Village
Maskel Point
Baycliff is located in the former South Lakeland district
Baycliff
Baycliff
Location in the former South Lakeland district
Baycliff is located in Morecambe Bay
Baycliff
Baycliff
Location on Morecambe Bay
Baycliff is located in Cumbria
Baycliff
Baycliff
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceSD2872
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townUlverston
Postcode districtLA12
Dialling code01229
PoliceCumbria
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Cumbria
54°08′36″N 3°05′42″W / 54.14333°N 3.095°W / 54.14333; -3.095

Baycliff is a seaside village in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area of Cumbria in England. Historically in Lancashire, it lies 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Ulverston, in the civil parish of Aldingham. At the centre is a village green, and many of its buildings date from the 17th and 18th centuries. The two public houses, the Farmer's Arms and the Fisherman's Arms, stand close to the green.[1]

History

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In the past Baycliff, earlier spelt Baycliffe, was a fishing and farming community. The industries of iron mining and local white stone quarrying provided employment for the men of the village.[2] The iron was shipped to Backbarrow.

The village was the birthplace in about 1619 of the prominent Quaker preachers Alice Curwen (maiden name unknown) and her husband Thomas Curwen.[3]

Limestone

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Baycliff limestone is still produced; the quarry beds produce two distinct stones. Lord is oatmeal coloured with dark cream markings; Caulfield is a buff stone with light coffee mottling. Both are versatile materials, used to create distinctive, durable floors and paving schemes, and in landscaping designs.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ English Lakes
  2. ^ The Cumbria Directory Archived August 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Michael Mullett: "Curwen, Thomas (c. 1610–1680)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, United Kingdom: OUP, 2004) Retrieved 17 November 2015
  4. ^ Burlington Stone[permanent dead link]
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