Ulverston

Ulverston (locally Ooston), a market-town of Lancashire, in the district of Furness, near the influx of the Leven estuary into Morecambe Bay, 8½ miles NE. of Barrow-in-Furness and 22 NW. of Lancaster. It stands in an extensive agricultural and mining district, has a ship-canal 1 mile long, and manufactures iron, paper, boots, &c. Pop. (1851) 6433; (1881) 10,008; (1891) 9948.