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Bowerham Road, LANCASTER, LA1 4BN

This traditional local is popular with locals and student alike. The Bowerham serves a range of daily snack, cask conditioned ales and fine wines in a warm and friendly atmosphere. This hotel is one of a number owned by Mitchell's of Lancaster (Brewers) Limited which is a family run, pub and hotel company based around Lancashire and Cumbria and was established in 1871.

OS cut bench mark on (cracked) gatepost between nos. 37 and 39 Bowerham Road. 222.8 feet above datum.

OS Bench Mark next to War Department boundary stone, marking the edge of the former Bowerham Barracks (King's Own Royal Regiment, c. 1873 - 1959), now a campus of the University of Cumbria. There were 31 of these stones; they are marked and numbered on old 25" OS maps. Most are still extant, and most have had the lettering chiselled off, as here, when the War Dept vacated the site. Contact me for more details. Milestone Society National ID: LA_WDLANC01em

War Department Boundary Marker standing against the stone wall of an electricity substation between a house and a park on the northeast side of Bowerham Road, Lancaster. The inscription W ↑ D / No 1 has been effaced. This marked the boundary of the former Bowerham Barracks (King's Own Royal Regiment, c.1873 to 1959), now a campus of the University of Cumbria. See also https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6763570. Milestone Society National ID: LA_WDLANC01em

The two Yarmouth evacuees in this photo went home shortly after the war ended. The remainder of the children are now in their eighties or no longer with us. Maybe some still live on Avondale Road? However, so many of the buildings externally are relatively unchanged, although I bet the outside WCs are all gone. The air raid shelters shown on the right hand side at the top of the photo soon had the big wrecking ball treatment. No one in the road owned a car at that time, so no one worried about the then rough cobbles on the road. The pavements of irregular stone slabs (flag stones) have been replaced by regular 3 x 2 concrete slabs. Many of the garden walls are still topped with the limestone blocks; they replaced the metal railings which had been cut down in the early 1940s and commandeered for the war effort. Bowerham Road Post Office, at the top of Avondale Road is still there and is still a Post Office, but no longer sells half crown postal orders. The Ironmonger, Parched-Pea/ Ice Cream/ Sweets/ Newspaper shop and the Green Grocer, that were opposite the Post Office, are rubble.

War Department Boundary Marker set in southwest facing boundary wall facing the end of the terrace of houses in Havelock Street, Lancaster. Formerly inscribed W ↑ D / No 28 but has been effaced. It marked the boundary of the former Bowerham Barracks (King's Own Royal Regiment, c.1873 to 1959), now a campus of the University of Cumbria. Milestone Society National ID: LA_WDLANC28em

OS cut bench mark on gatepost near corner of Bowerham Road and Golgotha Road. 230.54 feet above datum. There was evidence of a recent dog visit.

War Department boundary stone, marking the edge of the former Bowerham Barracks (Kings Own Royal Regiment, c. 1873 - 1959), now a campus of the University of Cumbria. There were 31 of these stones; they are marked and numbered on old 25" OS maps. Most are still extant, and most have had the lettering chiselled off, as here, when the War Dept vacated the site. This one (No.27) is on a bastion of the boundary wall. Contact me for more details. Milestone Society National ID: LA_WDLANC27em

War Department Boundary Marker set in the extrenal wall of a bastion facing southwest down the back terrace lane between Adelphi Street and Golgotha Road. Formerly inscribed W ↑ D / No 27 but has been effaced. It marked the boundary of the former Bowerham Barracks (King’s Own Royal Regiment, c.1873 to 1959), now a campus of the University of Cumbria. Milestone Society National ID: LA_WDLANC27em