Gallowbarrow rail bridge being filled in for what is now Sullart Street car park which is now at the level of the bottom of this bridge. On the other side of this bridge is the traffic light junction and the mountain rescue HQ 1985
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Sullart Street aerial before building Wordsworth Court. The road has been widened by the demolition of Wordsworth Tavern in 1965 and the row of terraced houses shown by the rubble by the road. The roof of the Royal Assembly Rooms is parallel to Sullart Street and is now offices and flats called Anderson Court. In the middle of the photo on the left of the road is now Wordsworth Court and at the bottom of the photo is a building with its roof removed in the process of demolition. The fine building on the centre left with the rounded gable end was known as the Board Room and from 1930 was used by Cockermouth Rural District Council (it did not cover Cockermouth, Cockermouth Urban District Council supervised Cockermouth from the Town Hall). From 1955 to 1987 it was the HQ of Cumbrian Fire Service. The Inspector of Weights and Measures and the Registrar of Births Marriages Deaths had offices there. In the 1990s It was converted to be the Manor House Hotel. To the right of Sullart Street Stricketts Court which is about to be partly demolished and redeveloped. c 1970
Sullart Street looking south towards “Pepperpot House” in the distant right before demoliton of most buildings on the right and removal of the advertising hordings ahead. Eventually Wordsworth Court will be built on the right. Behind the photographer Sullart Street descends to the Main Street Crown Street junction and here we see the road narrows to a single carriageway. So the row of houses on the right and the pub on the corner of Crown Street were demolished to widen Sullart Street.
Sullart Street to Gallowbarrow before row houses on lower left removed for Wordsworth Court and road widening. The high wall on the left continues to number 43 that still remains the others have been demolished. The high wall has now been demolished and the land behind, which had been the workhouse garden, later the County Council depot, is now the Woodville Park estate. c 1950
Sullart Street 43 looking north towards Main Street before demolition of most buildings on the left and removal of the advertising hordings on the right. Eventually Wordsworth Court will be built on the left where the lamp post is. As Sullart Street and Gallowbarrow on the right descend to the Main Street Crown Street junction the road narrows to a single carriageway so the row of houses and the pub on the corner of Crown Street were demolished to widen Sullart Street. c 1960
Gallowbarrow rail bridge being filled in for what is now Sullart Street car park which is now at the level of the bottom of this bridge. On the other side of this bridge is the traffic light junction and the mountain rescue HQ 1985
Christchurch Terrace Gallowbarrow opposite Fairfield School c 1950
Gallowbarrow with Fairfield school and Christchurch looking towards Wordsworth House note this is before the pedestrian crossing. c 1950
Sullart Street to Gallowbarrow after row houses on left removed for Wordsworth Court Google Maps 2024
Sullart Street 43 taken from the junction with Gallobarrow. The demolished section on the right has a block of four flats built now. The wall beyond the house has the flat roof of the council depot office. The wall and area behind it is now Woodville Park estate. Sullart Street 43 is called Grecian Cottage because Grecian Villa is behind it. c 1950.
Cockermouth second workhouse built 1840-43 photo taken circa 1912. In WW2 evacuees were billeted there and the buildings were demolished in 1947/48 and Fitz View and Farifield View flats built. The Fairfield in foreground from Mitchells horse sale photo. c 1912 p2
Sullart Street 1 footbridge over railway is now the car park. On the right was St Joseph’s School which is now Sixth Form College. Today on the left of the lowered wall is Kirklands housing. c 1950
Sullart Street footbridge over Cockermouth railway before the bridge was demolished, the Gallowbarrow road bridge to the right was filled in and the bed of the railway is now Sullart Street car park. Millers chimney on left and Christ Church on right. c 1950
Gallowbarrow railway now Sullart Street car park DMU in snow. The railway closed in 1966, track was remove and the cutting filled in to make Sullart Street car park and recycling bins. This photo was taken in April 1966 shortly before closure and although there is an abundance of snow here in the morning, by early afternoon the snow disappeared when the last steam train arrived from Penrith, there is a photo of the last steam train in snow. c 1960 p3
Station Road Cockermouth railway bridge after closure in 1966, after strengthening supports before being filled in. The road across is to Egremont A5086. The houses on the left are the bottom of Fernbank. The track towards us is now the site of the Cockermouth Mountain Rescue buildings. c 1970
The A5086 road into Cockermouth comes down Lamplugh Road and here crosses the bridge to Gallowbarrow, over the disused railway which closed in 1966. At first the bridge was strengthened as shown here. But at a later time this main entrance into Cockermouth from the A66 had heavy traffic so eventually the bridge was strengthened by infilling, see other photos. In the foreground the cutting of the railway was also filled in to make a new surface half way up the parapets that became Sullart Street car park with its recycling bins near the bridge parapets. c 1985
The A5086 road into Cockermouth comes down Lamplugh Road and here crosses the bridge to Gallowbarrow, over the disused railway which closed in 1966. At first the bridge was strengthened as shown here. But at a later time this main entrance into Cockermouth from the A66 had heavy traffic so eventually the bridge was strengthened by infilling. In the foreground the cutting of the railway was also filled in to make a new surface half way up the parapets that became Sullart Street car park with its recycling bins near the bridge parapets.
On the other side of this bridge is now the mountain rescue HQ 1985
Gallowbarrow rail bridge being filled in. To the left is now the recycling bins and to the right was the old railway station and now The Sidings and the Mountain Rescue HQ 1985
This now has Cockermouth recycling bins but had been the railway track that went under a bridge where the bank of earth is, and Gallowbarrow road goes left down to Main Street. The railway closed in 1966 and later the bridge was filled in and track raised, eventually becoming Sullart Street car park and recycling centre 1985 p4
