Victoria Road drill hall, Ulverston

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Victoria Road drill hall
Ulverston

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Victoria Road drill hall, Ulverston
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Victoria Road drill hall
Location within Cumbria
Coordinates 54°11′36″N3°05′38″W / 54.19337°N 3.09390°W / 54.19337; -3.09390 Coordinates: 54°11′36″N3°05′38″W / 54.19337°N 3.09390°W / 54.19337; -3.09390
Type Drill hall
Site history
Built 1873
Built for War Office
In use 1873-c.1938

The Victoria Road drill hall is a former military installation in Ulverston, Cumbria.

Ulverston town in England, in region North West England, in the county of Cumbria

Ulverston is a market town in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria in North West England. Historically in Lancashire, the town is in the Furness area 8 miles north-east of Barrow-in-Furness. It is close to the Lake District, and just north of Morecambe Bay, neighboured by Swarthmoor, Pennington and Rosside.

Cumbria Ceremonial (geographic) county of England

Cumbria is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's county town is Carlisle, in the north of the county, and the only other major urban area is Barrow-in-Furness on the southwestern tip of the county.

History

The building was designed as the headquarters of the 37th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers and completed in 1873. [1] [2] This unit evolved into the 4th Battalion the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) in 1908. [1] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front. [3] The battalion was disbanded shortly before the Second World War and the drill hall was made available for recreational use. [4] It is now the Red Rose Social and Recreation Centre. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Former drill hall including sergeant's house, administration and entrance blocks and boundary walling". Historic England. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Kelly's Directory of Lancashire (1905)" . Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)". Regiments.org. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Clubs and Associations in Ulverston". The Cumbria Directory. 5 July 2017.
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