Editing Ulverston

{{Short description|Market town in Cumbria, England}}
{{For|the town in Tasmania, Australia |Ulverstone, Tasmania}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
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 | country                  = England
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 | official_name            = Ulverston
 | type                     = Town and parish
 | static_image_name        = Market Street, Ulverston - geograph.org.uk - 1731488.jpg
 | static_image_caption     = Market Street, Ulverston
 | population               = 11,678
 | population_ref           = ''(2011)''<ref name=census2011/>
 | population_demonym       = Ulverstonian
 | civil_parish             = Ulverston
 | region                   = North West England
 | constituency_westminster = [[Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow and Furness]]
 | post_town                = ULVERSTON
 | postcode_district        = LA12
 | postcode_area            = LA
 | dial_code                = 01229
 | os_grid_reference        = SD2878
 | label_position           = top
 | pushpin_map              = United Kingdom Morecambe Bay#United Kingdom South Lakeland
 | pushpin_map_caption      = Location on Morecambe Bay##Location in the former South Lakeland district
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'''Ulverston''' is a [[market town]] and [[civil parish]] in [[Westmorland and Furness]], [[Cumbria]], England. [[Historic counties of England|Historically]] in [[Lancashire]], it lies a few miles south of the [[Lake District]] [[Lake District National Park|National Park]] and just north-west of [[Morecambe Bay]], within the [[Furness|Furness Peninsula]]. [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]] is {{convert|39|mi|km|0}} to the east, [[Barrow-in-Furness]] {{convert|10|mi|km|0}} to the south-west and [[Kendal]] {{convert|25|mi|km|0}} to the north-east. In the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]] the parish had a population of 11,524,<ref>{{NOMIS2001 |id=16UG072 |title=Ulverston Parish |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref> increasing at the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] to 11,678.<ref name="census2011">{{NOMIS2011 |id=E04002655 |title=Ulverston Parish |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>

==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>

==Governance==
Ulverston falls within the [[Westmorland and Furness]] [[unitary authority]] area in the ceremonial county of Cumbria. Until 2023 it was within [[South Lakeland]] District. Ulverston [[Parish councils in England|Town Council]] covers some parochial matters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ulverstoncouncil.org.uk/|title=Ulverston Town Council - Serving the Ulverston Community, Cumbria, UK|date=20 September 2024|website=Ulverston Town Council}}</ref>

The town is in the wider [[civil parish]] of Ulverston. This is bounded in the east by the [[River Leven, Cumbria|Leven estuary]], the [[River Crake]], [[Coniston Water]] and Yewdale Beck. To the west the boundary follows a chain of hills, and beyond lie the towns of [[Kirkby-in-Furness]] and [[Askam and Ireleth]]. To the south is relatively low land that rises quickly. In the north are hills such as [[Coniston Old Man]]. The parish settlements are mainly in the eastern part.<ref name="Lancnames">{{Cite book |last=Eilert Ekwall |url=https://archive.org/details/placenamesoflanc00ekwauoft |title=The Place-Names of Lancashire |publisher=[[Manchester University Press]] |year=1922 |author-link=Eilert Ekwall}}</ref>

==Places of interest==
[[File:Town Hall - panoramio (5).jpg|thumb|[[Ulverston Town Hall]]]]
The [[Laurel & Hardy]] Museum is situated in Ulverston.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Laurel and Hardy Museum |url=http://www.lakedistrictletsgo.co.uk/attractions/attractions_pages/laurel_hardy.html |access-date=1 February 2008 |publisher=lakedistrictletsgo.co.uk}}</ref>

The limestone [[Hoad Monument]] (proper name: the Sir John Barrow Monument), which offers views that include [[Morecambe Bay]] and parts of the [[Lake District]], was built in 1850 in honour of the statesman [[Sir John Barrow]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20130205052036/http://www.ukattraction.com/cumbria+lake-district/hoad-monument.htm UK Attraction] Hoad Monument</ref>

[[Ulverston Town Hall]] was completed in 1825.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greenlanearchaeology.co.uk/?projects=former-ulverston-town-hall-queen-street-ulverston|title=Former Ulverston Town Hall, Queen Street, Ulverston|publisher=Greenlane Archaeology |access-date=30 January 2024}}</ref>

The Roxy Cinema opened on 21 June 1937 with 'Rose Marie' starring Nelson Eddy and Jeanette Macdonald. It was designed by Drury and Gomersall for the James Brennan circuit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ulverston.nm-cinemas.co.uk/ulverston-history|title=History of the Cinema|publisher=Northern Morris Cinemas| access-date=30 January 2024}}</ref>

The Victoria Concert Hall (now premises of Emmanuel Christian Centre) opened in 1850 as an opera and dance hall.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-08 |title=Rare posters of Victorian opera at Ulverston |url=https://www.nwemail.co.uk/features/nostalgia/16442604.rare-posters-of-victorian-opera-at-ulverston/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=The Mail |language=en}}</ref> It is now a Grade II listed building.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VICTORIA CONCERT HALL (NOW PREMISES OF EMANUEL CHRISTIAN CENTRE AND SHOP), Ulverston - 1270209 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1270209 |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> In 1909 it became Ulverston's first cinema and was formerly the location of the County Court sessions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Old Vic Cinema in Ulverston, GB - Cinema Treasures |url=https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/48811 |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=cinematreasures.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Theatres in Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria |url=http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/UlverstonTheatres.htm |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=www.arthurlloyd.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="emmanuelcc.org.uk">{{Cite web |title=Church History {{!}} Ulverston {{!}} Emmanuel Christian Centre |url=https://www.emmanuelcc.org.uk/history |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=EmmanuelCC |language=en}}</ref> It served various religious uses until being refurbished in 1986 by Ulverston's oldest evangelical community to open as Emmanuel Christian Centre.<ref name="emmanuelcc.org.uk"/>

==Education==
[[File:Croftlands Infant School.jpg|thumb|Entrance to Croftlands Infant School]]
[[Ulverston Victoria High School]] (UVHS), the town's secondary school, with some 1,200 pupils, includes a [[sixth form]] college with about 400.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 November 2007 |title=Ofsted inspection report (2007) |url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/display/(id)/90110 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529125541/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/display/(id)/90110 |archive-date=29 May 2009 |access-date=21 September 2008 |publisher=[[Ofsted]] |df=dmy-all}}</ref> There are four main primary schools; Croftlands Junior (secular), St Mary's (Catholic), Church Walk (Church of England) and Sir John Barrow (secular)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Furness LPG – Ulverston primary schools list |url=https://cumbria.gov.uk/elibrary/Content/Internet/537/955/40469161525.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001163925/http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/eLibrary/Content/Internet/537/955/40469161525.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-01 |url-status=live |access-date=17 December 2020 |publisher=[[Cumbria County Council]]}}</ref> and a [[Special education|special education school]], located on the site of former Todbusk building on UVHS site.<ref>[https://www.schoolsinsight.co.uk/schools/ulverston Schools Insight. Retrieved 5 July 2020.]</ref>

==Transport==
[[Ulverston railway station]], a short walk from the town centre, lies on the [[Furness Line]] between {{stnlnk|Barrow-in-Furness}} and {{stnlnk|Lancaster}}, which leads on to {{stnlnk|Manchester Airport}}. Some trains continue along the [[Cumbrian Coast line]] to {{stnlnk|Carlisle}}.

The town's several bus services include the X6 between [[Kendal]] and Barrow-in-Furness via [[Grange-over-Sands]], the X12 to [[Coniston, Cumbria|Coniston]] and [[Spark Bridge]], and the 6A and 6 to Barrow-in-Furness.

==Local media==
Regional TV news comes from Salford-based [[BBC North West]] and [[ITV Granada]]. Television signals are received from the [[Winter Hill transmitting station|Winter Hill]] TV transmitter,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Winter_Hill | title=Winter Hill (Bolton, England) Full Freeview transmitter | date=May 2004 }}</ref> and the Lancaster relay transmitter.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Lancaster | title=Lancaster (Lancashire, England) Full Freeview transmitter | date=May 2004 }}</ref>

Local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Cumbria]] on 96.1 FM, [[Heart North West]] on 96.9 FM, [[Smooth Lake District]] on 100.1 FM and community based radio stations Cando FM <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://candofm.co.uk/|title=Home|website=Cando FM}}</ref> on 107.3 FM and Bay Trust Radio, a [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]] station.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.baytrustradio.org.uk/about/ | title=About – Bay Trust Radio }}</ref>

The town's local newspapers are [[The Westmorland Gazette]] and [[The Mail (Cumbria)|North West Evening Mail]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.visitcumbria.com/news/ | title=Local Newspapers for Cumbria and the Lake District }}</ref>

==Twin towns==
Ulverston is twinned with [[Albert (Somme)|Albert]] in France.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ulverston-Albert Twinning Association {{!}} Ulverston Town Council |url=http://www.ulverstoncouncil.org.uk/town-twinning |access-date=2019-07-02 |website=www.ulverstoncouncil.org.uk}}</ref> They meet alternately at Easter each year to play football for the Cyril Barker Shield.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bonjour from Blackpool Airport! |url=https://news.cision.com/icg-pr/r/bonjour-from-blackpool-airport-,c9212702 |access-date=2019-07-02 |website=News Powered by Cision |date=30 January 2012 |language=en}}</ref>

In July 2016 Ulverston, as the birthplace of the film comedian [[Stan Laurel]], was officially twinned with [[Harlem, Georgia]], United States, birthplace of Laurel's screen partner [[Oliver Hardy]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=AP |first=Chris Thelen / |date=2008-10-03 |title=Ga. town keeps Laurel and Hardy's legacy alive |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna27013737 |access-date=2019-07-02 |website=msnbc.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Festivals==
[[Image:UlverstonDickensianFestival2007 01.jpg|thumb|The Dickensian Festival, held the final weekend of November, sees a range of Christmas stalls and attractions visit Ulverston.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ulverston Dickensian Christmas Festival |url=http://www.dickensianfestival.co.uk/ |access-date=9 October 2008}}</ref> People often dress up for it in Victorian attire.]]

The many festivals held at Ulverston include:
*Another Fine Fest,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Another Fine Fest 2020 &#124; 20th -21st June &#124; Ulverston |url=https://www.anotherfinefest.co.uk/ |website=www.anotherfinefest.co.uk}}</ref> celebrating Ulverston and the birth of [[Stan Laurel]].
*[[Dickensian]] Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 November 2015 |title=Ulverston Dickensian Christmas Festival is proud of their #dickfest |url=http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2015/11/27/ulverston-dickensian-christmas-festival-proud-dickfest/ |website=The Poke}}</ref>
*Furness Tradition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Festival 2020 |url=https://furnesstradition.org.uk/ |website=Furness Tradition}}</ref>
*Retro Rendezvous<ref>{{Cite web |title=Retro Rendezvous – The Lake District Vintage Festival |url=https://retrorendezvous.co.uk/ |access-date=2022-01-08 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Sport==
===Football===
Ulverston Rangers [[association football]] team has existed since 1945.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Football {{!}} GSK Sports |url=http://www.gsksports.co.uk/football/ |access-date=2019-07-02 |language=en}}</ref> It currently plays in the [[West Lancashire Football League]] and has 2 teams in the Furness Football League.

===Rugby League===
Ulverston Amateur [[Rugby League]] Football Club plays home games at Dragley Beck, it belongs to the North West Counties Rugby League. It has produced several professional rugby players, including [[Derek Hadley]].

===Other sports===
The town's two field hockey clubs, South Lakes and Ulverston, are based at Ulverston Leisure Centre. The town regularly has events run by Lakeland Orienteering Club. A [[parkrun]] event has been held every Saturday at Ford Park since 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 August 2018 |title=First Ulverston Parkrun gets off to perfect start |work=[[The Mail (Cumbria)|The Mail]] |url=https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/ulverston/16421951.first-ulverston-parkrun-gets-off-to-perfect-start/ |access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref>

==International links==
The Royal Norwegian Honorary Consulate in Barrow-in-Furness, one of the numerous consulates of Norway, is actually located on the outskirts of Ulverston.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Norway Portal - Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs |url=https://www.norway.no/en/ |website=Norgesportalen}}</ref>

The town of [[Ulverstone, Tasmania|Ulverstone]] in [[Tasmania]], Australia is named after Ulverston and likewise built at the mouth of a [[River Leven (Tasmania)|River Leven]].

== Religion ==

=== Christianity ===
[[File:Swarthmoor Hall, from the garden - geograph.org.uk - 5852866.jpg|thumb|[[Swarthmoor Hall]], the manor that [[Margaret Fell]] and [[George Fox]] established the [[Quakers|Quaker]] movement]]
[[File:Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre.jpg|thumb|[[Conishead Priory|Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre]], the international headquarters of the [[New Kadampa Tradition]].]]
Ulverston is where [[George Fox]] and [[Margaret Fell]] established the [[Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)|Religious Society of Friends (Quaker)]] movement in 1652 at [[Swarthmoor Hall]] just outside of Ulverston. One of the founders of the Quaker movement Margaret Fell resided in Swarthmoor Hall and was lady of the hall from 1641. Swarthmoor Hall became a Quaker rest house and later became a [[Listed building|Grade II]] listed building.

=== Buddhism ===
The [[New Kadampa Tradition]] is headquartered in the [[Conishead Priory|Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre]] whom purchased [[Conishead Priory]] in 1976. Buddhism is Ulverston's second largest religion after Christianity.

==Freedom of the Town==
The following people and military units have received the [[Freedom of the City|Freedom of the Town]] of Ulverston.

{{Incomplete list|date=December 2021}}

===Individuals===
*Peter Winston: 15 May 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Michael |date=15 May 2019 |title=Peter Winston makes history as first winner of Freedom of the Town award in Ulverston |url=https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/17642292.peter-winston-makes-history-first-winner-freedom-town-award-ulverston/ |access-date=13 December 2021 |website=The North West Evening Mail}}</ref>
*Les Tallon: 21 November 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-22 |title=Awarded for their service to the Community |url=https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/23141810.ulverston-town-council-awardes-les-tallon-charles-rodgers/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=The Mail |language=en}}</ref>

===Military units===
*The [[Duke of Lancaster's Regiment]]: 7 May 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tunningley |first=Allan |date=10 June 2010 |title=Regiment gets 'yes' in Ulverston freedom vote |url=https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/8206610.regiment-gets-yes-in-ulverston-freedom-vote/ |access-date=13 December 2021 |website=The Westmorland Gazette}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=The Duke of Lancaster's regiment receives town honour |work=BBC News |date=7 May 2011 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-13321118 |access-date=13 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*2223 (Ulverston) Squadron [[Air Training Corps]]: 18 April 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tunningley |first=Allan |date=21 April 2015 |title=Freedom of the Town honour for Air Training Squadron |url=https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/12902838.freedom-of-the-town-honour-for-air-training-squadron/ |access-date=13 December 2021 |website=The Westmorland Gazette}}</ref>

==Notable people==
In alphabetical order:
*[[Ella Blaylock Atherton]] (1860–1933), physician
*[[Cuthbert Bardsley]] (1907–1991), Anglican bishop of Coventry, was born in Ulveston
*[[Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr]] (1831–1919), novelist, was born in Ulverston.
*[[Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet|Sir John Barrow]] (1764–1848), [[Public figure|statesman]], was born at Dragley Beck, he was the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]]'s Second Secretary. A monument to him; a replica of the third [[Eddystone Lighthouse]], stands on [[Hoad Monument|Hoad Hill]] overlooking the town.
*[[Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett]] (1883–1962), judge, politician and preacher who served as alternate British judge in the [[Nuremberg Trials]], was born in Ulverston.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Norman Birkett: The Life of Lord Birkett of Ulverston |id={{ASIN|0140113452|country=uk}}}}</ref>
*[[Norman Gifford]] (born 1940), international cricketer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norman Gifford |url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/13365.html |access-date=1 February 2008 |publisher=cricinfo.com}}</ref>
*[[Jess Gillam]] (born 1998), saxophonist<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ovens |first=Eleanor |date=2019-04-27 |title=Sax prodigy Jess Gillam returns to Ulverston to celebrate album launch |work=The Mail |location=Barrow-in-Furness |url=https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/17601581.sax-prodigy-jess-gillam-returns-to-ulverston-to-celebrate-album-launch/ |access-date=2019-04-30}}</ref>
*[[Francis Arthur Jefferson]] (1921–1982), a [[Victoria Cross]]-winning soldier born in Ulverston<ref>{{Cite web |title=Feature Page of Francis Arthur Jefferson VC |url=http://www.lancs-fusiliers.co.uk/feature/jefferson/Frankjeffersonvc.htm |access-date=1 February 2008 |publisher=Lancashire Fusiliers}}</ref>
*[[Stan Laurel]] (1890–1965), actor born at 3 Argyle Street, Ulverston,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stan Laure l |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491048/ |access-date=1 February 2008 |website=[[Internet Movie Database]]}}</ref> the home of his grandparents, George and Sarah Metcalfe, who had previously lived at 32 Oxford Street in the town<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Owen-Pawson |first1=Jenny |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hscdAAAAMAAJ&q=laurel+before+hardy+owen+pawson |title=Laurel Before Hardy |last2=Mouland |first2=Bill |date=1984 |publisher=Westmorland Gazette |isbn=978-0-902272-51-4 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Kate Lister (writer)|Kate Lister]] (born 1981), historian and blogger
*[[Selina Martin]] (1882–1972), suffragette
*[[Christine McVie]] (1943–2022), singer and songwriter born in the nearby village of [[Bouth]]
*[[James Penny]] (1741–1799), slave-ship owner, who became a prominent anti-[[Abolitionism|abolitionist]]
*[[Bob Shaw]] (1931–1996), science fiction writer, lived in Ulverston. 
*[[William Basil Weston]] (1924–1945), a [[Victoria Cross]]-winning [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]], was born in Ulverston. There is a memorial to him in the town's Catholic Church.

==Arms==
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|image = Ulverston Escutcheon.png
|escutcheon = Argent two bars Gules a pale Sable fretty of the first between two abbots' crosiers addorsed also Sable on a chief Azure an anchor between two fleurs-de-Lys Or.
|crest = Out of a coronet composed of four roses Gules barbed and seeded Proper set upon a rim Or a demi wolf Sable breathing flames and gorged with a leather collar Proper buckled and pendent therefrom by a chain an escutcheon Gold charged with a ray of lightning throughout in bend also Gules surmounted of an ankh Vert and supporting a garb also Gold.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ulverston Town Council (Cumbria) |url=http://civicheraldry.co.uk/north_west.html#ulverston%20tc |access-date=7 May 2022 |publisher=Civic Heraldry of England}}</ref>
|mantling = Gules doubled Argent.
|motto = Optimum Sufficit (Only The Best Is Enough)}}

==See also==
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*[[Listed buildings in Ulverston]]
*[[Ulverston Canal]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Wikivoyage inline}}
*[http://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/ulverston Cumbria County History Trust: Ulverston] (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
*{{official website|https://www.ulverston.com/ }}
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Ulverston/history.html Ulverston history at GENUKI]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukuhc/ Heritage First (formerly Ulverston Heritage Centre)]

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