Table of Contents
1 42 Buxton Street
Eric Morecambe born in 'the wrong house' 10
2 76 Church Street
Did Bonnie Prince Charlie stay here? 12
3 Abbey Ruins
Cockersands' monastic marvel on the marsh 14
4 Aladdin's Cave of Books
Morecambe's shop without pier 16
5 Arnside Pier
Best foot forward for the cross-bay walk to Grange 18
6 Arnside Viaduct
So good, they built it thrice! 20
7 Ashton Hall
Double death duel with golf club links 22
8 Ashton Memorial
Lancaster's Taj Mahal for the love of a woman 24
9 Atkinsons Coffee Roasters
Coffee aroma therapy 26
10 Bashful Alley
Lancastrians used to swear by the name 28
11 Beach Bird 'Indie' Shop
Cornucopia of curios and collectibles 30
12 Black and White Canal
Lancaster's 'unkind cut' 32
13 Bradford Tram
Next stop, Morecambe Bay coast! 34
14 Brucciani's Ice Cream
Sundae Special every day in Morecambe 36
15 Butterfly Heaven
Flying high to tie the Knott 38
16 Carnforth Station
Brief Encounter film location 40
17 Commander Forsberg Sculpture
Marble memorial to Royal Navy hero 42
18 Clitheroe Castle
A diabolical liberty with a hole in the wall 44
19 Dallam Tower Estate
Milnthorpe's Stately Shelter from the Storm 46
20 Debtors' Prison
'Hansbrow's Hotel' pays off 48
21 Devil's Bridge
The woman, the cow, the dog and the Devil's pact 50
22 Dr Death's House
Scene of the 'jigsaw murders'! 52
23 Dunsop Bridge Phone Box
Ringing out for GB Central 54
24 Edmondsons Shrimp Shop
Potted history of a Morecambe Bay delicacy 56
25 Elizabeth Gaskell Tower
More north than North and South 58
26 The Entertainer Theatre
Classical columns lead to a classic film 60
27 Eric Gill Mural
Hero and villain of the Midland Hotel 62
28 The Failure's Grave
Epitaph leaves more questions than answers 64
29 Fairy Steps
Wishful thinking on the corpse trail 66
30 Far Arnside Tower
Beware the Border Reivers 68
31 Fireworks and Flags Mural
Wet and wild at the Midland Hotel 70
32 Galgate Silk Mill
Revolution and rhubarb go in the pot 72
33 GB Antiques Centre
Cornucopia of collectables and curios 74
34 George Fox Bust
Jail Hell Hole for the Quaker maker 76
35 George Washington Church
Coat of arms inspires USA's Stars & Stripes 78
36 Ghost of the Marsh
Bridal apparition that haunts Bolton-le-Sands 80
37 Gillows at Leighton Hall
Please touch the furniture! 82
38 Gillow's Mausoleum
Design for the dead 84
39 Glasson Dock
The port that saved the Lune 86
40 The Golden Lion
A tipple before a topple 88
41 Greenway Cycle Route
Pedal power in Morecambe and Lancaster 90
42 The Hanging Corner
Stepping through the window of death 92
43 Hark to Bounty Inn
Howling dog inspires pub's unusual name 94
44 The Headless Lady
Grave concern over woman who beat the clock 96
45 Heron Corn Mill
Water power that goes with the grain 98
46 Heysham Nature Reserve
Nurturing nature next to the nukes 100
47 Heysham Port
Roll up, roll-on, roll-off for Klondike Gold Rush 102
48 Inn at Whitewell
Home of the Queen's favourite pub lunch 104
49 Jenny Brown's Point
A lady, a lost lover and tales of the sea 106
50 The Jigsaw Lounge
Putting the pieces together in Kirkby Lonsdale 108
51 John Lawson's Grave
Quaker Meeting House memorial 110
52 John O'Gaunt Castle
Where the Queen is toasted as a Duke! 112
53 The Judges' Lodgings
Childs' play in Lancaster's hanging house 114
54 Kent Estuary Tidal Bore
Surfing USA… that's 'Up Stream Arnside' 116
55 Kirkby Lonsdale View
Turner landscape inspires the great JR' in 'KL' 118
56 Lancaster Brewery
Cheers to local brews made good 120
57 Lancaster Grand
Haunting history of theatre's 'Grey Lady' 122
58 Lancaster Smokehouse
Haaf way nets success 124
59 Levens Hall Topiary
Join the chess set and cut a dash 126
60 Little Sambo's Grave
Tragedy of a slave child 128
61 Longhouse of Heysham
Lancashire's longhouse tradition lives on 130
62 Lovers' Knott Tree
Larch Ascending, high above the Kent Estuary 132
63 Lune Estuary Marshes
Nurturing nature, far from the muddying crowd 134
64 Lyth Valley
Fruitfulness of the Damson Scene 136
65 Market Cross Memorial
Crowning glory of a memorable bus shelter 138
66 Marlborough Road
Anthony Newley's route to fame 140
67 Morecambe Bay Shrimpers
Nobbies style and whammel wonders 142
68 Murals of Morecambe
Gable end art adds a splash of colour 144
69 Nuclear Plants
'Energy Central' powers up at the double 146
70 Old Poulton
Doorway to the New World 148
71 Pennine Tower
Control tower services the M6 150
72 Penny's Almshouses
William Penny for your thoughts 152
73 Plover Scar Lighthouse
A flashy and illuminating landmark 154
74 The Praying Shell
Sculptor's premonition of cockling tragedy? 156
75 Promenade Station
All change for a new Platform 158
76 The Radical Steps
Peaceful solution solves pathway problem 160
77 Richard Owen Memorial
Terrible lizards, terrible man 162
78 Rocking Horse Shop Sign
Things looking up for shop signs of Lancaster 164
79 Roman Remains
They didn't 'wery' about the wall 166
80 Royal Kings Arms
Dickens of a story with the brides ghost 168
81 The Ruskin
'Love and skill working together - a masterpiece' 170
82 Seabird Sculptures
Tern for the better on Morecambe Prom 172
83 Settlement of Stydd
A disguised church, almshouses and the Holy Land 174
84 Sherlock Holmes' School
An Elementary Connection, my dear Conan Doyle 176
85 SHIP Sculpture
The art of looking forward and back 178
86 Slave Shame Memorial
Captured Africans remembered on Lancaster quay 180
87 Snatchems and Catchems
Lune-acy of Lancaster's press gangs 182
88 Soul Bowl
Strike it lucky with a ten-pin tonic 184
89 Star Café Mural
Mega-market memorial to a lost child 186
90 Storey Institute
Stunning spectacle of Lancaster's stained glass 188
91 St Mary's Gates
Unique mechanism for - or by - mysterious WG 190
92 Stone Igloo
Capturing a 'hole' new horizon 192
93 Stonyhurst College
Oliver Cromwell's heavy metal gig at Stonyhurst 194
94 The Storey Garden
City-centre orchard bears fruit 196
95 St Peter's Viking Grave
Living high on the hogback in Heysham 198
96 St Wilfrid's Church
Tolkien's Lord of the Rings country 200
97 Sunderland Point of Entry
Lancashire's cotton trail began here 202
98 Temperance Club
Abstinence makes the tea grow stronger 204
99 The Thankful Villages
Great Escape, at the double 206
100 Thurnham Hall
Jacobite rebel pays a hefty price 208
101 Time and Tide Bell
Artwork that dropped a clanger 210
102 Trough of Bowland
Pass over Lancashire's Little Switzerland 212
103 Trowbarrow Quarry
Ta, Mac, for the limestone 214
104 Victoria Wood's Café
One soup… and another soup 216
105 The View Café
Morecambe's blasts from the past 218
106 V-sign Bridge
I swear that's its name 220
107 War Memorial Village
All quiet on the Westfield front 222
108 West End Gardens Frame
Picture-perfect seaside scene in Morecambe 224
109 The White Bull
'Cheers' to Roman pillars of the community 226
110 Winning Post Church
Racehorse victory makes Holy history in Dunsop 228
111 Winter Gardens
Where mill girls could be duchesses for the day 230
