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photo gallery-historic shap

this gallery will contain old ,historic and rare pictures of shap and the surrounding area

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the hanging rock of hardendale. ( sadly no more due to blasting from the nearby quarry )


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shap fell in winter


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shaps row of standing stones



the old church at mardale


 

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the greyhound hotel

 

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an old advert for the greyhound when it was a "duttons "pub

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an advert for the kings arms -1980s ?


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motorbike passing shap wells road end


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The old toll bar cottage in 1870.  (if anyone has any information regarding the history of the toll bar at shap ,i would be happy to hear from you)


the old pump house at shap wells



shap abbey



shap main street looking south ,with prospect house on the right



shap main street looking north with gaddass's shop on the right



an old stone bridge ,( no longer standing )



looking north with the  moot hall/market cross in the foreground


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shap church prior to renovations


 

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shap church

 

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the greyhound hotel

 

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an advert for the greyhound -1980s?


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the old chapel in 1890s

 

shap fell



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shap railway station

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The old toll bar cottage on the A6 at the junction of the orton road.



(i would be grateful if anyone with any more photos of the toll bar or information about it could get in touch as little can be found about it)

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    old receipt from 1891 sent to Dr George Abbott for bones !!

 

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an old advert for the shap granite company

 

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The vicar of shap 1863-1896, rev stephen whiteside

 

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an old advert for simpsons garage which closed last year

 

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the accounts for the restoration of shap church in 1899

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sheep gathering on shap fells



The following picture is a still taken from a british pathe news film,it shows the tour of britain cycle race as it leaves morecambe before heading through kendal and then passes over shap fell(only the briefest of glimpses) to view more just click on the picture ,depending on your browser it may take a short while to load

"TOUR DE BRITAIN" - HALFWAY