Bardsea & Walney
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The seaside village of Bardsea lies on the Furness Peninsula, standing on the west side of Morecambe Bay and to the south west of the town of Ulverston. Bardsea was part of the county of Lancashire until the county boundary changes of 1974.
Once a remote fishing village, Barnsea has a long history and is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it is referred to as 'Berretseige'. The name may possibly derive from the old Celtic words Berthsig which means place of the thickets.
Walney Island lies to the west of the Cumbrian town of Barrow-in-Furness, to which it is connected by bridge. Walney is the eighth largest island in England and the largest in Cumbria. The Jubilee Bridge, which connects Walney to the mainland was constructed in 1908. Prior to the building of the bridge, a ferry existed to carry passengers the short distance across the water.
The island is around eleven miles long and less than a mile wide at its widest point. It boasts eleven miles of beautiful unspoilt coastline with spectacular views of the Lakeland fells.
The island's name derives from the Old Norse valna ey, which translates as 'Isle of the British'. One of the main areas of settlement on Walney, Biggar Village has seen settlement since at least the eleventh century, it is referred to in the Domesday Book as Hougenai.
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