11 DECEMBER 2023 - 7.30pm at Lunesdale Hall
Join us for An Illustrated Talk
BY DR MIKE WINSTANLEY
Delinquents and Debtors:
Life in Lancaster Castle
in the 19th Century
Much of what you see today in Lancaster Castle dates to the late 18th and early 19th centuries when it was redeveloped as a large ‘modern’ prison and court complex. It housed both criminals and insolvent debtors.
What was life like for these people?
What were their living conditions?
What did they eat?
How did conditions change over the course of the century?
What did they think of life there?
Come and find out!
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About us
The society was established in 1972, following a successful campaign to stop the demolition of a large part of Queen's Square for development.
Kirkby Lonsdale has an extremely distinguished architectural quality and practically the whole town centre is now a Conservation Area.
The Society's remit covers Kirkby Lonsdale and its wider Rainbow parish, which includes Barbon, Casterton, Hutton Roof, Lupton, Mansergh and Middleton.
The society was established in 1972, following a successful campaign to stop the demolition of a large part of Queen's Square for development.
Kirkby Lonsdale has an extremely distinguished architectural quality and practically the whole town centre is now a Conservation Area.
The Society's remit covers Kirkby Lonsdale and its wider Rainbow parish, which includes Barbon, Casterton, Hutton Roof, Lupton, Mansergh and Middleton.
Our aims
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Our aims include:
· promoting high standards of planning and architecture
· preserving and conserving and where possible developing those things which make the area special
· encouraging interest and pride in the area
· promoting high standards of planning and architecture
· preserving and conserving and where possible developing those things which make the area special
· encouraging interest and pride in the area
The website of Kirkby Lonsdale and District Civic Society
Registered Charity Number 502315
