New Street joins Crown Street

New Street the first National School 1840s - new school built 1869 on land given by Lord Leconfield in Kirkgate 1885 to circa 1950. After the school left it became the Primitive Methodist chapel then later became the training centre for Millers shoes. In the 1990s it was divided into six dwellings. 2020

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New Street from Crown Street shows gas holders
New Street from Crown Street. On the left is the sign for Walter Clark shop on the corner of Crown Street and New Street selling draperies and fashions, he moved there when Bowe and Clark split, Bowe remained in Market Place and Clark moved here. At this time the house faced Crown Street and the front window was converted to be a shop front display, now converted back to fit with the other fronts of Elm Tree Terrace. On the right is the imposing frontage what was the National School which later moved to new premises in Kirkgate on land donated by Lord Lecofield. In 1885 the Primitive Methodists bought the former National School for £1,300 there was room for 400 seats and a Sunday School. New Street remained open after union until shortly after the First World War though the churches in the Cockermouth area formed one Methodist Circuit in 1937. After its closure the building was used for a time by Millars shoe factory as a training centre for machinists, then in 1983 it was converted into six small houses. The Primitive Methodists for much of their history held annual camp meetings, great open air gatherings. In the 1870s such meetings were held next to the auction mart on Fairfield but moved later to Harris park. When the Wesleyans left High Sand Lane in 1840-1841, the Primitive Methodists bought the New Street premises for £95, worshiping there until they acquired the National School in New Street in 1885. At the top of New Street is the larger of the two gasometers of Cockermouth, The entrance was from Derwent Street, locally known as “gas row”. This photograph is from the 1950s. The smaller gasometer was built before the CKPR railway that was built in 1864 so the supply of coal would have been transported by other means. Note behind the cars is a travelling shop, a common sight when cars were not common. c 1950
New Street shows gas holders and allotments that are now Woodville Park estate c 1950 p3
New Street from Crown Street. On the left is the sign for Walter Clark shop on the corner of Crown Street and New Street selling draperies and fashions, he moved there when Bowe and Clark split, Bowe remained in Market Place and Clark moved here. At this time the house faced Crown Street and the front window was converted to be a shop front display, now converted back to fit with the other fronts of Elm Tree Terrace. On the right is the imposing frontage what was the National School which later moved to new premises in Kirkgate on land donated by Lord Lecofield. In 1885 the Primitive Methodists bought the former National School for £1,300 there was room for 400 seats and a Sunday School. New Street remained open after union until shortly after the First World War though the churches in the Cockermouth area formed one Methodist Circuit in 1937. After its closure the building was used for a time by Millars shoe factory as a training centre for machinists, then in 1983 it was converted into six small houses. The Primitive Methodists for much of their history held annual camp meetings, great open air gatherings. In the 1870s such meetings were held next to the auction mart on Fairfield but moved later to Harris park. When the Wesleyans left High Sand Lane in 1840-1841, the Primitive Methodists bought the New Street premises for £95, worshiping there until they acquired the National School in New Street in 1885. At the top of New Street is the larger of the two gasometers of Cockermouth, The entrance was from Derwent Street, locally known as “gas row”. This photograph is from the 1950s. The smaller gasometer was built before the CKPR railway that was built in 1864 so the supply of coal would have been transported by other means. Note the travelling shop, a common sight when cars were not common, as an example Billy Bowman had a travelling shop before opening his first shop in Market Place before the current Music Shop in Lowther Went. Note the sign on the right sticking out from the building that is another of Tolson’s workshop, Tolson had the garage on Crown Street next to the Kingfisher. At the far end is rough ground that had been allotments, and formerly had been the gardens for the workhouse that had been on the land between Sullart Street and Gallowbarrow demolished c 1948, later to become the County Council depot and is now Woodville Park Estate. c 1950
New Street shows gas holder and gable of former chapel for Millers apprentices c 1970 p3
New Street shows gas holder and gable of former chapel for Millers apprentices c 1970
New Street school chapel training centre for Millars c 2000 p4
New Street the first National School 1840s – new school built 1869 on land given by Lord Leconfield in Kirkgate 1885 to circa 1950. After the school left it became the Primitive Methodist chapel then later became the training centre for Millers shoes. In the 1990s it was divided into six dwellings. 2020

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