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Alston Moor is a large rural parish in Cumbria which historically
both depended upon and provided important services for the
agricultural and mineral industries of the North Pennines.Much of
the area's settlement is dispersed among hamlets and single
farmsteads. Isolated from major northern cities such as Carlisle
and Newcastle by the surrounding hills and moors, the parish's wild
upland landscape provides a conditioning influence on a distinctive
tradition of vernacular building types, ranging from the bastle to
its later 18th- and 19th-century derivatives and 'mine shops'
providing lodgings for miners close to their place of work. Found
across the parish, and with urban variants present in Alston
itself, these buildings have in common first-floor living
accommodation whilst the ground floor is used for cow-byres in more
rural areas and for general storage, workshops and shops in urban
and industrial contexts. This development of the bastle, a
fortified house type found on both sides of the Anglo-Saxon border
is nationally significant yet remains under-examined at the level
of architectural and historical synthesis. This publication
presents an informed account of Alston Moor's vernacular buildings
from their earliest survival onwards, and sets them within their
regional and national context. It explores how houses of various
types combine with a rich legacy of public and industrial buildings
to create places of distinctive character. It takes a
whole-landscape view of the area, relating its buildings and
settlements to the wider patterns of landscape evolution resulting
from agricultural and industrial activity and the development of
communications.
The seaside holiday and the seaside resort are two of England's
greatest exports to the world. Since the early 18th century, when
some of the wealthiest people first sought improved health by
bathing in saltwater, the lure of the sea has been a fundamental
part of the British way of life, and millions of people still head
to the coast each year. Margate has an important place in the story
of seaside holidays. It vies with Scarborough, Whitby and Brighton
for the title of England's first seaside resort, and it was the
first to offer sea-water baths to visitors. Margate can also claim
other firsts, including the first Georgian square built at a
seaside resort (Cecil Square), the first substantial seaside
development outside the footprint of an historic coastal town, the
site of the world's first sea-bathing hospital, and, as a result of
its location along the Thames from London, the first popular resort
frequented by middle- and lower-middle-class holidaymakers. It is
unlikely that Margate will ever attract the vast numbers of
visitors that flocked there in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
However, with growing concerns about the environmental effects of
air travel and a continuing awareness of the threat of excessive
exposure to the sun, the English seaside holiday may enjoy some
form of revival. If Margate finds ways to renew itself while
retaining its historic identity, it may once again become a vibrant
destination for holidays, as well as being an attractive place for
people to live and work.
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