Challoner Street – Cockermouth History

Challoner Street between Main Street and South Street

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Challoner Street Coronation ladies with boaters family in best clothes bunting 1911 p2 — Challoner Street Coronation ladies with boaters family in best clothes bunting Coronation of Edward 1911

Challoner Street to Main Street Anchor pub club Cocker floods from South Street flood 1938 p2 — Challoner Street floods towards Main Street. Anchor pub club on the right. The landlord of the Anchor in the 1960s was Eppie Gibson, former rugby league player for Workington Town and Whitehaven, he was a teacher at one of the schools in Whitehaven. Here the Cocker flow floods from South Street flood 1938

Challoner Street floods from Cocker to South Street then to here to Main Street flood 1938 p2 — Challoner Street flood 1938 the flow of water down the Cocker became restricted by Main Street bridge so it backs up and flows up Croft Terrace to South Street then down here to Main Street. Challoner Street floods towards Main Street. Anchor pub club on the right. The landlord of the Anchor in the 1960s was Eppie Gibson, former rugby league player for Workington Town and Whitehaven, he was a teacher at one of the schools in Whitehaven. Here the Cocker flow floods from South Street flood 1938

Challoner Street flood ripped up road surface flood of 2009 or 2015

Challoner Street from Main Street on right is entrance to back bar of the Globe Hotel c 1960 p3 — Challoner Street from Main Street Anchor pub hidden on left, on right is entrance to back bar of the Globe Hotel. The Cocker later floods here from South Street in 1938. This photo c 1960

Challoner Street right side c 2010 p4 — Challoner Street is an historic street of Cockermouth and, prior to the creation of Station Street, was a main link between Main Street and the back lane on the south side, now South Street. It remains populated at the south end by Georgian period houses. Pevsner* states that ‘the narrow Challoner Street has a good range of Cumberland Georgian Houses. [*The buildings of England, CUMBRIA, Cumberland and Furness by Mathew Hyde and Nikolaus Pevsner, 2010. Page 288 refers]. Challoner Street has changed its name several times over the years, including Chandler Lane (1775), Globe Went (1800) and Kitty Went (1832). Kitty was slang for lock-up or gaol. The protruding cream building was once the Anchor Inn / club (see photo) which ceased in c 1990, it was where the gardening club used to have monthly meetings. c 2010

Challoner Street right side Anchor pub now Jubilee Court flats c 2010

Challoner Street left side detail c 2010 p4 — Challoner Street is an historic street of Cockermouth and, prior to the creation of Station Street, was a main link between Main Street and the back lane on the south side, now South Street. It remains populated at the south end by Georgian period houses. Pevsner* states that ‘the narrow Challoner Street has a good range of Cumberland Georgian Houses. [*The buildings of England, CUMBRIA, Cumberland and Furness by Mathew Hyde and Nikolaus Pevsner, 2010. Page 288 refers]. Challoner Street has changed its name several times over the years, including Chandler Lane (1775), Globe Went (1800) and Kitty Went (1832). Kitty was slang for lock-up or gaol. c 2010

Challoner Street left side c 2100 p4 — Challoner Street is an historic street of Cockermouth and, prior to the creation of Station Street, was a main link between Main Street and the back lane on the south side, now South Street. It remains populated at the south end by Georgian period houses. Pevsner* states that ‘the narrow Challoner Street has a good range of Cumberland Georgian Houses. [*The buildings of England, CUMBRIA, Cumberland and Furness by Mathew Hyde and Nikolaus Pevsner, 2010. Page 288 refers]. Challoner Street has changed its name several times over the years, including Chandler Lane (1775), Globe Went (1800) and Kitty Went (1832). Kitty was slang for lock-up or gaol, this was the site of the police station before it moved to Main Street.. c 2100

Challoner Street site of demolished Robinsons Mill — Site of Robinsons Mill off Challoner Street. They made blankets, duffels, plaidings, according to Bradbury. Now demolished.

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