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A lovely village on the shores of Morecambe Bay, three miles south-east of Barrow and nine miles from Ulverston.
St Michael's church, though built in 1840 stands on the site of an older chapel...which in turn stood on the site of a Saxon burial ground. Many artefacts have been found in the churchyard, proving that the Vikings were here at one time.
George Fox the Quaker, who married Margaret Fell of Swarthmoor Hall, came and preached here.
The unusually named Concle Inn was built on the site of a gravel pit once known as 'Conk Hole'. Filled with saline water it was used by people from far and wide for the therapeutic bathing it offered.
Rampside Hall, the late 16th century home of the Knipe family has twelve chimneys, known locally as the "Twelve Apostles'. Local folklore has it that in the early 16th century a young man wanted to marry, but the lady's father would only give his permission when the lad had built a house with 12 chimneys. The building was completed as requested, and each wedding anniversary would see smoke issuing from all 12 chimneys.
On Roa Island lived the Trinity House pilots. There has been a lifeboat station here for over 100 years.
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