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Cockermouth Golf Club, South Lodge Course. (1896 – 1905)
The club first appeared in 1896 with a short lived nine-hole course at South Lodge.
The club moved to its present location in 1904.
Report on the formation of the club in April 1896.
Lancashire Evening Post Thursday 2 April 1896. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Opening date confirmed.
West Cumberland Times Wednesday 13 May 1896. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Competition result from the Autumn Meeting in November 1896.
West Cumberland Times Wednesday 25 November 1896. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Match played in April 1901.
West Cumberland Times Wednesday 24 April 1901. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Report on the annual meeting in March 1903.
West Cumberland Times Wednesday 18 March 1903. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
The report below on a match played in October 1904 mentions that the game was played on the picturesque links at Embleton. We can assume that the course at South Lodge had ceased to exist.
West Cumberland Times Saturday 1 October 1904. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Ordnance Survey Map showing the earlier golf course and pavilion.
O.S. Map Revised 1898; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1900}.