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Ambleside, Windermere from Loughrigg 1912 (ref. 64311) | We are looking south down the length of Windermere from Todd Crag, a southern outlier of Loughrigg Fell above the hamlet of Clappersgate. Immediately below the viewpoint, the River Rothay winds into England's largest lake by Gale Naze Crag in the centre of the picture. |  Add your own Memory
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Ambleside, from Loughrigg 1892 (ref. 30481) | This general view of Ambleside, at the northern end of Windermere, was taken from the slopes of Loughrigg Fell. The spire of the parish church watches over this bustling village, which was founded in the 15th century; it once had thriving corn and bobbin mills on the River Rothay. | Add your own Memory
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Ambleside, from the Gale 1886 (ref. 18672) | We are looking down on the village centre from The Gate, facing the Rydal Fells. The fine Victorian buildings reflect the increased prosperity brought to the village by the tourist trade, which was just starting to burgeon at the time. | Add your own Memory
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Ambleside, the Queen's Hotel 1892 (ref. 30484) | The umbrellas on the coach-and-four drawn up outside the ornate frontage of the Queen's Hotel appear to have been raised to protect the holders from the sun, rather than the rain. Other coaches wait for their passengers outside the other hotels for a day on the lakes. | Add your own Memory
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Ambleside, the Village 1912 (ref. 64305) | Twenty years after photograph No 30484 was taken, the coach and horses in the centre of Ambleside have been replaced by open motor cars and charabancs. | Add your own Memory
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Ambleside, the White Lion and Royal Oak Hotels 1912 (ref. 64303) | We are in the centre of Ambleside; Lamb's Royal Oak Hotel is on the left, and the White Lion Hotel is in the centre. A coach-and-four has pulled up outside the White Lion, while bustle in the main street shows how busy Ambleside had become as a tourist centre by this time. | Add your own Memory
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Ambleside, Market Place 1927 (ref. 79174) | This photograph looks south from the Market Place. The street is almost deserted apart from a motor lorry, motorcycle and a few pedestrians, showing that the photograph was probably taken in the winter, outside the tourist season. | Add your own Memory
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Ambleside, Bridge House 1912 (ref. 64306) | Easily the most famous and most photographed building in Ambleside is Bridge House, a tiny one-up, one-down house constructed on a bridge over the Stock Beck. Originally built in the 17th century as the apple-store for Ambleside Hall, it is now a National Trust Information Centre. | Add your own Memory
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Ambleside, the Waterhead Ferry 1912 (ref. 64321) | A crowded WSV 'Tern' prepares to embark on a trip down Windermere from the Waterhead pier on a summer's day. The Edwardian costumes of the passengers are interesting to note - the ladies are all wearing the large hats and long dresses of the time, while most of the men sport straw hats or bowlers. | Add your own Memory
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Ambleside, Stepping Stones 1888 (ref. 20484) | A crinoline-clad Victorian lady delicately picks her way across the stepping stones which cross the River Rothay, near Ambleside. Ladies were not seen in walking trousers or breeches in those days! | Add your own Memory
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Ambleside, Sweden Bridge 1912 (ref. 64330d) | High Sweden Bridge is a picturesque packhorse bridge over the Scandale Beck between High Pike and Snarker Pike (there is a Low Sweden Bridge lower down the valley). It has no direct Scandinavian connection, other than the fact that the name comes from the Norse 'svithinn', which means 'land cleared by burning'. | Add your own Memory
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Ambleside, Tarn Hows c1955 (ref. A46145) | This is a classic view of Tarn Hows, near Hawkshead, with the peaks of the Langdale Pikes in the centre background. Despite its natural appearance, the lakes of Tarn Hows are in fact artificial, and there were once several smaller tarns. About 80 years ago, the landowner dammed the beck to create this familiar scene - one of the most visited places in the Lake District. | Add your own Memory
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Ambleside, Stock Ghyll Force 1886 (ref. 18686) | The waterfalls of Stock Ghyll Force have been a major attraction to visitors to Ambleside for well over a century; this is a very early photograph of them. The waters of Stock Ghyll rise just below the summit of the Kirkstone Pass, north of the town, and plunge through this wooded gorge before joining the River Rothay and eventually entering Windermere. | Add your own Memory
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Borrowdale, the Borrowdale Hotel 1895 (ref. 36947) | The Borrowdale Hotel is in one of the wildest valleys of Lakeland. Early tourists were 'horrified' at the expanses of naked rock and impending mountains of places like Borrowdale, and feared to travel far into the dale, until poets like Wordsworth popularised the 'picturesque' mountain scenery. | Add your own Memory
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Borrowdale, The Hotel 1870 (ref. 5047) | This very early postcard view of the Borrowdale Hotel, with Grange Crags behind, shows the Lake District as it was before the tourist invasion really took hold. The traffic-free minor road meanders south between drystone walls through the dale, towards Grange and Rosthwaite. | Add your own Memory
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Borrowdale, Grange 1893 (ref. 32887) | Grange is the hamlet at the foot of Borrowdale, where the River Derwent, seen on the left of this photograph, meanders through water meadows into mighty Derwent Water to the north. The name 'grange' signifies an outlying farm, usually belonging to a monastery. | Add your own Memory
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Borrowdale, Grange 1893 (ref. 32886) | Grange-in-Borrowdale was originally founded as an outlying settlement from the medieval monastery of Furness Abbey. It is a popular centre for fell walkers. The peak of High Spy is in the background. | Add your own Memory
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Borrowdale, the Bowder Stone 1893 (ref. 32891) | The Bowder Stone, a 2,000-ton boulder which was transported to near Grange in Borrowdale by Ice Age glaciers, has been a source of tourist wonder for centuries. Today the stone is surrounded by trees; there is still a wooden staircase to reach the top. | Add your own Memory
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Bowness-On-Windermere, the Promenade 1925 (ref. 77886) | The provision of the public gardens of the Promenade at Bowness also followed the coming of the railway in 1847, and the increased popularity of the Lake District as a health-giving holiday resort for people from the industrial towns and cities of the north west. | Add your own Memory
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Bowness-On-Windermere, the Ferry Boat 1896 (ref. 38802) | The Bowness Ferry across the narrowest part of the lake was originally a hand-rowed operation. But in 1870, twenty-six years before this photograph was taken, it became steam-operated; this resulted in the building of the Ferry Hotel on the western shore in 1879. In this photograph, carts are being transported across the lake by the chain-operated pulley ferry. | Add your own Memory
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