Editing Ulverston (section)

==History==
[[File:Barrow Monument Hoad Hill.JPG|thumb|right|Hoad Hill and the [[Hoad Monument]], a near replica of the third [[Smeaton's Tower|Eddystone Lighthouse]]]]
The name ''Ulverston'', first noted as ''Ulurestun'' in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, consists of an [[Old Norse]] personal name, ''Úlfarr'', or the [[Old English]] ''Wulfhere'', with the Old English ''tūn'', meaning farmstead or village.<ref>{{Cite book |last=A. D. Mills |title=Dictionary of British Place Names |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2003 |page=475}}</ref> The [[personal names]] ''Úlfarr'' and ''Wulfhere'' both imply "wolf warrior" or "wolf army",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Viking Answer Lady |title=Viking Answer Lady Webpage – Old Norse Men's Names |url=http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONMensNames.shtml#u |access-date=4 November 2007}}</ref> which explains the presence of a wolf on the town's coat of arms. The loss of the initial W in ''Wulfhere'' can be linked to [[Nordic migration to the United Kingdom|Scandinavian influence]] in the region.<ref name=Lancnames/> Locally, the town has traditionally been known as ''Oostan''.<ref>W. Rollinson, (1997), ''The Cumbrian Dictionary of Dialect, Tradition and Folklore'', Smith Settle Ltd, p. 115.</ref> Other variants include ''Oluestonam'' (1127), and ''Uluereston'' (1189).<ref name=Lancnames/> The name was spelled "Ulverstone" until at least 1888.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Index to the Parishes, Townships, Hamlets, and Places Contained Within the Districts of the Several County Courts in England and Wales. H.M. Stationery Office, 1888, p. 243 | date=21 October 1888 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G9kUAAAAYAAJ}}</ref>

The [[market charter]] granted in 1280 by [[Edward I of England|Edward I]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ulverston, Cumbria |url=http://www.visitcumbria.com/sl/ulverst.htm |access-date=9 July 2010 |publisher=Visit Cumbria}}</ref> was for a [[market (place)|market]] on Thursdays. The town retains its market-town appearance; market days are now Thursdays and Saturdays.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ulverston Street Markets |url=http://www.southlakeland.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=350 |access-date=21 September 2008 |publisher=[[South Lakeland District Council]]}}</ref> The charter also allowed [[public house]]s to open from 10:30 am to 11:00 pm, regardless of other statute on the books. The present Saturday market includes in the summer craft stalls, charity stalls and locally produced ware on ''"Made in Cumbria"'' stalls.

The [[St Mary's Church, Ulverston|parish church]] is a listed building and was founded in the 12th century.
Historically, the parish included chapelries and [[township (England)|township]]s that later became separate civil parishes: [[Blawith]], Church Coniston, [[Egton]] with [[Newland, Cumbria|Newland]], [[Lowick, Cumbria|Lowick]], [[Mansriggs]], [[Osmotherley, Cumbria|Osmotherley]], [[Subberthwaite]] and [[Torver]]. From 1894 to 1974 the town served as an [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] in the administrative county of [[Lancashire]]. Under the [[Local Government Act 1972]] it became a [[successor parish]] in the Cumbria district of South Lakeland.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Frederic A. Youngs |title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Volume 2 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer}}</ref>

[[Town Bank Grammar School]] was founded in 1658 from a benefaction by [[Thomas Fell]].<ref name="Cumbriacountyhistory">{{Cite web |title=Ulverston |url=https://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/ulverston |access-date=12 August 2018 |publisher=Cumbria County History Trust}}</ref> The [[Victoria Road drill hall, Ulverston|Victoria Road drill hall]] opened in 1873.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former drill hall including sergeant's house, administration and entrance blocks and boundary walling |url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1435378 |access-date=5 July 2017 |publisher=Historic England}}</ref>

[[File:Laurel and Hardy Statue.jpg|thumb|[[Stan Laurel]] and [[Oliver Hardy]] statue; Stan Laurel was born in Ulverston in 1890, and named Arthur Jefferson.]]
[[File:Laurel and hardy autocorrect.JPG|thumb|Laurel and Hardy Museum]]
The High Carley Hospital and Ulverston Joint Hospital Board built an infectious disease hospital at High Carley, Pennington, in 1884. It was initially a fever hospital for paupers. In 1916 a second hospital, run by [[Lancashire County Council]], was built to treat tubercular patients. From 1949 a children's annexe was built. In the 1950s, as the number of tubercular patients decreased, the hospital was run as an acute hospital. In 1984, after the building of the new [[Furness General Hospital]], High Carley was closed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archiveweb.cumbria.gov.uk/calmview/record.aspx?src=calmview.catalog&id=bthos+3|title=CASCAT: Record|website=archiveweb.cumbria.gov.uk}}</ref>

In 2009, the comedian [[Ken Dodd]] unveiled a statue of [[Laurel and Hardy]] (by [[Graham Ibbeson]]) outside Coronation Hall in the town centre.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 April 2009 |title=Statue honours Laurel and Hardy |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8006614.stm |access-date=19 April 2009}}</ref>

===Earthquake===
On 28 April 2009, Ulverston was near the [[epicentre]] of an earthquake measuring 3.7 on the [[Richter magnitude scale]]. Tremors were felt across south [[Cumbria]] and parts of north [[Lancashire]] at 11.22, but virtually no damage was caused. A spokesman for the [[British Geological Survey]] stated that earthquakes of such magnitude occur roughly once a year in Britain.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 April 2009 |title=Tremor strikes north-west England |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8022583.stm |access-date=28 April 2009}}</ref> Regionally, it was the strongest seismic event since a magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]] in 1835.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 April 2009 |title=Biggest earthquake in 174 years hits South Cumbria |url=http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/barrow/biggest_earthquake_for_174_years_1_547801?referrerPath=home |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810231347/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/barrow/biggest_earthquake_for_174_years_1_547801?referrerPath=home |archive-date=10 August 2011 |access-date=30 April 2009 |publisher=[[North-West Evening Mail]] |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=28 April 2009 |title=Earthquake Shakes Buildings in Cumbria |url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Earthquake-In-Ulverston-Cumbria-According-To-British-Geological-Survey/Article/200904415270843?f=rss |access-date=30 April 2009 |publisher=[[Sky News]]}}</ref>