This small headland in the Silverdale parish is adorned with an intriguing grade-II listed chimney. Its origin is something of a subject for debate, with some believing it to be associated with copper smelting. There is also some uncertainty over who Jenny Brown was, though possibly the best tale is that she was a lover who would wait at the point for her lost sailor to return.

Charlie Cosh

September 30, 2023

The identity of Jenny Brown is uncertain, though a daughter Jennet was born in 1628 to Robert Walling of Dikehouse, the farm at the point, and married Robert Brown (or Browen or Browne); one of their daughters was Jennet (born 1665), named Jennye in her father's will. It has been said that Jenny was a lover waiting for her lost sailor to return, a nanny who saved her charges from the tide, a lodging-house keeper, or a steam engine (or "jenny") sent to Brown's Point.

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Location: Silverdale, Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom

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