PLEASE REPLACE VERY CAREFULLY - AND EXACTLY AS YOU FIND IT. I'M FED UP WITH REPLACING DAMP LOG BOOKS (FOR THE THIRD TIME - BECAUSE THE LOG BOOK WAS TOO WET TO SIGN!) BECAUSE CACHERS CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO PUT CACHES BACK PROPERLY WHEN THEY'RE ASKED! THIS IS NOW THE THIRD TIME I'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE CACHE - SOMEONE ACTUALLY LEFT THE TOP OFF!!! Photo posted looking from GC towards the village.
I seem to have a bit of a theme going on here - i.e. bridges! Two this time. My other one’s GC1TPC0.This GC is a magnetic attached to the metal part of a fence. Please replace very carefully, and watch out for muggles. If you’re searching in the early-ish part of the morning, there are lots of dog-walkers about. But you could easily bob down and hide until they’ve passed.
Dalston itself is village with an interesting history and containing some good architectural features and buildings. Its earlier prosperity was based on cotton and flax industries, mainly introduced by the industrialist George Hodgson of Manchester. The village square, which is not square, has a number of small 18th century houses. The red sandstone church of St Michael in the village square, has a chancel that dates from the 13th Century, and the graves of two bishops of Carlisle. The present church was built in 1750, and restored in 1850.
The village is usually regarded as a suburb of Carlisle and further towards the City is Dalston Hall, now a fine Hotel. The entrance side of the Hall is almost entirely of 1899, by C.J. Ferguson, but the garden side shows a house of considerable interest to the architectural historian. On the right is a pele tower with battlements and a high stair tower. There are Coats of Arms on this, and below the battlements is an inscription : Iohn Dalston Elisabet mi wyf mad ys byldyng - probable date, 1500. To the left of this inscription is a dog and a cat. There are water spouts like decorated gun-barrels.
To the left is a projecting slimmer tower, probably 17th century characterised by curious motifs, not normally seen in Cumberland. Inside is the original iron gate or yatt to the tower.
About two miles south of Dalston is Rose castle – once the residence of the Bishops of Carlisle.
There are 96 listed buildings in the Dalston parish, including one grade I – Rose Castle, and four grade II* – Dalston Hall, St Michael’s Church, Hawkesdale Hall, and Rose Castle dovecote.
There is a Nestlé plant in Dalston, which produces powdered milk and instant Cappuccino products, employing about 200 people.
Lime House School, established in 1899, also nearby, is a fully independent co-educational boarding and day school for pupils aged 3–18.