Ulverston

Ulverston is a market town in the (administrative) county of Cumbria in north-west England.

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Over the years the town has been the birthplace of several famous people. Sir John Barrow, born at Dragley Beck, was the Admiralty's Second Secretary: a much more important position than First Secretary. The town of Barrow, Alaska, the United States' most northertly town, is named after him. A monument to him - a replica of the third Eddystone Lighthouse - stands on Hoad Hill overlooking the town. Comedian Stan Laurel of Laurel and Hardy fame and Norman Birkett, who represented Britain at the Nuremberg Trials, were also born there.

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In the Domesday Book, the town was referred to as 'Ulvreston' and was of sufficient note to receive a Market Charter in 1280. Ulverston keeps its old market town appearance, and market days are held on Thursdays and Saturdays.

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The town is set on the Furness peninsula, close to the Lake District, and just north of Morecambe Bay. Ulverston railway station, which serves the town, is located on the Furness Line from Barrow-in-Furness to Lancaster.

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Market town: In medieval law, a market town is a town that has the right to hold markets. Market towns are opposed to villages, which are typically smaller and do not have this right, and to cities, which are typically larger and often have additional rights....

Cumbria: Cumbria is a county in the North West region of England. The boundaries are along the Irish Sea to the west, and along the Pennines to the east. Cumbria's northern boundary stretches from the Solway Firth to Morecambe Bay along the border with Scotland. Parts of Hadrian's Wall can be found in the no...

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