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Natland Terrace was built in 1896 to house railway workers. It actually comprises two rows of terraces – one row each side of Hill Place built the following year. Both terraces were incorporated into the numbering of the newly-named Helmside Road in 1972.

Opposite the two terraces were allotments for the residents. The allotments backed on to the railway line with a ‘fence’ made of vertical sleepers.

Left-hand Terrace: 1 – 6 Natland Terrace

1-6 Natland Terrace

1 Natland Terrace = 133 Helmside Road

  • 1901 – Henry Woodhouse & family
  • 1911 – Henry Woodhouse & family
  • 1915 – Henry Woodhouse & family
  • 1939 – James Irvine & family

2 Natland Terrace = 131 Helmside Road

  • 1901 – William Green & family
  • 1911 – William Green & family
  • 1915 – William Green & family
  • 1939 – Fred Wilson & family

3 Natland Terrace = 129 Helmside Road

  • 1901 – William Duckett & family
  • 1911 – James Nelson Ducksbury & family
  • 1915 – James Nelson Ducksbury & family
  • 1939 – James Nelson Ducksbury & family
  • 1959 – James Nelson Ducksbury & family
  • 1972 – Henry Nelson Ducksbury

4 Natland Terrace = 127 Helmside Road

  • 1901 – Henry Swainbank & family – wife Martha Swainbank operated a shop from 4 Natland Terrace
  • 1911 – Frederick Arthur Oates & family
  • 1915 – Frederick Arthur Oates & family
  • 1939 – Frederick Arthur Oates & family
  • 1955 – Frederick Arthur Oates & family
  • 1966 – Harold Osboldstone Woodburn
  • 1980 – Annie Amelia Woodburn

5 Natland Terrace = 125 Helmside Road

  • 1901 – Thomas Thewlis & family
  • 1911 – Thomas Thewlis & family
  • 1915 – Thomas Thewlis & family
  • 1939 – William F May & family

6 Natland Terrace = 123 Helmside Road

  • 1901 – Henry Preston & family – Stationmaster’s House
  • 1911 – Richard Atkin Knights & family – Stationmaster’s House
  • 1915 – Richard Atkin Knights & family – Stationmaster’s House
  • 1925 – Robert Raffles & family – Stationmaster’s House
  • 1939 – Roberts Raffels & family – Stationmaster’s House
  • 1940 – 1946 – William Robert Pears – Stationmaster’s House
  • 19??-1954? – ? Atkinson – Stationmaster’s House
  • 1954?-1957? – “Dan” Archer – Stationmaster’s House
  • 1957-19?? – George Stewart – Stationmaster’s House

[between nos. 6 and 7 Natland Terrace is Hill Place]

Right-hand Terrace: 7 – 12 Natland Terrace

7-12 Natland Terrace

7 Natland Terrace = 121 Helmside Road

  • 1901 – James Tideswell & family – Shedmaster’s House
  • 1911 – James Tideswell & family – Shedmaster’s House
  • 1915 – James Tideswell & family – Shedmaster’s House
  • 1937 – Thomas Horace Cottam & family
  • 1939 – Thomas Horace Cottam & family

8 Natland Terrace = 119 Helmside Road

  • 1901 – William Hind & family
  • 1911 – William Hind & family
  • 1915 – William Hind & family
  • 1939 – William Copeland & family
  • 1960 – William Copeland

9 Natland Terrace = 117 Helmside Road

  • 1901 – Robert Bouskill & family
  • 1911 – Robert Bouskill & family
  • 1915 – Robert Bouskill & family
  • 1939 – Robert Bouskill & family

10 Natland Terrace = 115 Helmside Road

  • 1901 – Robert Dobson & family
  • 1911 – John Longhorn & family
  • 1915 – John Longhorn & family
  • 1939 – Henry Ryding & family
  • 1972 – Thomas William Crossley

11 Natland Terrace = 113 Helmside Road

  • 1901 – James Tollerson & family
  • 1911 – Robert Park & family
  • 1939 – Ada M Wilson

12 Natland Terrace = 111 Helmside Road

  • 1901 – Joseph Robinson & family
  • 1911 – Alfred Conway & family
  • 1939 – Benjamin Wilson
O.S. Map from 1896 showing position of Natland Terrace

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Page last updated: 7 November 2022

1909: Serious Accident at Oxenholme Station

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A serious accident occurred at Oxenholme station on Wednesday morning to John Park, a shunter, who had been in the employ of the London and North-Western Railway Company for a good many years. Contrary to the rules, it appears that he attempted to board an engine which was being driven to the shed by Fred Oates, of Ann Street, Kendal, and, as a result of his foot slipping as he was climbing up on to the footplate, he fell backwards into the four-foot way, and his left foot became tightly wedged in the points, the wheels of the tender passing over it and almost severing it at the ankle. Skilful and efficient first-aid was promptly rendered by Mr. William Haythornthwaite, and Messrs. R. Knights (stationmaster), Swinglehurst, Collin, Grace, Shepherd, and other employees of the company who were on the spot at the time, did all they could for the unfortunate man until he could be conveyed by special train to Kendal, and from there to the County Hospital. Later in the day the limb was amputated below the knee, and on Thursday the patient was reported to be doing nicely. Park, who is a married man with a large family, lives at Longpool, Kendal.

Westmorland Gazette 13 February 1909