Morecambe Bay and the crossing, from Lindale

Engraved by W. Le Petit from a drawing by G. Pickering. Image © Meg Twycross

Compare this with the modern view, which shows how the Bay has changed [scroll down].

Morecambe Bay and the crossing, from Lindale, today.

N.b. the amount of reclaimed land. But the Bay itself changes shape as the courses of the rivers which feed into it change. Hest Bank, the other end of the Bay crossing, is in the far distance.

Image © Meg Twycross 2005

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