Rosside
Coordinates: 54°06′50″N 3°12′00″W / 54.114°N 3.200°W
Rosside is a small village in Cumbria, United Kingdom, on the outskirts of Ulverston. The village consists of around 15 houses, all contained in an area of around 600 square metres (6,500 sq ft). Rosside is part of the Ulverston parish, as are the neighbouring villages of Pennington, Swarthmoor and Loppergarth.
Geography
From Rosside there are views across Morecambe Bay, and the village is in close proximity to the Hoad Monument, Chapel Island, Ulverston, Swarthmoor and Barrow-in-Furness. Rosside is loosely split into two areas, 'Little' (La'al) Rosside and 'Great' Rosside. These two groups of buildings are split by the stream running through the village, which is fed by the Barton reservoir at the Spade Forge. The stream has been the topic of heated debate between the Rosside Village Community Association (RVCA) and Ulveston town council after the localised flooding of 2010, which left 6 houses lower levels flooded costing a reported £4000 in damage. The group had been campaigning for small scale hard flood defenses to be erected around the entire village, however Ulverston town council concluded that money would be better spent in the more 'at risk' areas on the Ulverston canal hit by flooding the previous year in 2009. The village is situated around the 'Atop-Ulverston Drainage Basin', which has formed around the Pennington Reservoir
Places of interest
A local landmark is the Barton Reservoir.
Rosside has a few historical buildings to be noted:
- Rosside House, built in 1729 and its adjoining coach house
- The old iron forge with its rustic watermill and waterfalls
- The Telephone Box, which is an original 1953 edition
References
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- OS:2500 gazeteer
- Ulverston Post Office records: Villages surrounding Ulverston
- Flooding in Rosside