The Wildridge family lived at the Low Moor Row home stead on what became known as Church St.

The village of Moor Row was built originally to house railway workers on the newly built Whitehaven Cleator and Egremont Railway, at the junction from Whitehaven south to Egremont and East to Cleator and the Frizington iron mines.

Cornish tin miners were amongst those that moved here to work the mines, whose presence is noted by the name Penzance Street.

The village name probably refers to the Scalegill street houses, which are noted on an 1860 Ordnance Survey map.

The growth of suburbia forms the corollary of the destruction of local amenities and facilities; only the school and a working men's institute survive from the many shops, coal merchants, takeaways, car dealerships, bus services and train services that once meant residents felt little need to leave the village except for luxury items.

The other small businesses of builders, insurance agencies, joiners, decorators, smiths, dress makers, confectioners and bakers, have almost completely disappeared too.

The old railway yard is listed on the coal authority risk register as not suitable for housing development at its eastern end near the Keekle River because of under mining.

A railway shunting yard was built in the village, bringing further jobs and prosperity to the inhabitants along with an engine shed and carriage and wagon repair facilities..

It became western Cumbria's most important junction and goods yard until the end of World War II when trucks and the motorways brought about the decline of the railways in the UK.