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About Ulverston
Ulverston is a town on the Furness peninsula, on the edge of the Lake District. The name of the town is said to be derived from that of Ulph, a Saxon landowner. It became the property of the monks of Furness Abbey, following the Norman Conquest. As with much of this area, the town was a popular target for raids from Scotland under Robert Bruce. It was burned down twice by the Scots and also suffered during the English Civil War. The town was granted a charter for a market in the 13th Century by Edward I and still holds a regular market each Thursday and Saturday. After the building of a canal in 1796, the town’s prosperity was assured and it exported many local products to the American mainland and the West Indies. The Market Place is still the centre of Ulverston today…...
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