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Maps

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1896, Blakelands Ref. RNE643689
1898-1901, Blakelands Ref. RNC643689
1946, Blakelands Ref. NPO643689
1919, Blakelands Ref. POP643689
1924, Blakelands Ref. HOSM38052
1884 - 1885, Lakeland Ref. HOSM50643

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Memories

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Wood House

Early C20 formal gardens and parkland designed and landscaped by Thomas Mawson and implemented by Robert Mawson of the Lakeland Nurseries, Windermere, surrounding a house designed by Dan Gibson with a ground plan by Thomas ...Read more

A memory of Taw Green by Tonnie Keith

Cowsley Farm Cornsay

Hi, Does anyone remember cowsley farm cornsay, my uncle Harry Blake was farmer there till about 1964 he had retired but lived in a caravan on site till his death.His brother David blake and Harry also farmed Finnings farm Langley ...Read more

A memory of Cornsay by Derick Smith

Blakes Of North Waltham

My family of Blakes date back to 1735 to my great / 4times William Blake 1735 and Mary More. Blake Cottage was for sale when I visited in 2013 . We also visited the Fox Pub , this property belonged to the ...Read more

A memory of North Waltham by aviskenton

Ledgers Greengrocers

Have just read about the gentleman who worked for Ledgers. I lived in Exeter Rd, and used to play with Joanne Ledger. I also remember going in the van with bench seats. I vaguely remember it being something to do with the ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1960 by Janice Wilson

Ring Of Bells

I have a will dated 1865 for Robert Rood "of the Grape Vine Inn known by the ancient name of Brakeland". He bequeathed the property to his wife Mary Rood and it suggests the property was owned and bequeathed to him by his father Thomas ...Read more

A memory of Meare by Andrew Plumbly

Shopping In Barking

I was born in 1947,  so anyone that reads this of that era can relate to the great shopping and Barking people. You could never walk through the shops without seeing a friend or neighbour and through a child's eyes everything was ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1950 by Edna Reynolds

Farming In Harwood

We lived at Bury Meadows Farm, Roading Brook Road, Harwood near Bolton Lancs, by the time I'd written that down everybody else had been waiting ages at Bradshaw School. My sister Janet and I had many happy years at Bradshaw ...Read more

A memory of Great Harwood in 1959 by Dorothy Parker

Connection With Patching.

My grandmother was Agnes Alice Thurston(nee Stillwell) and lived in Patching prior to her marriage to William John Thurston .She and her husband left for Australia in 1909. Agnes's Parents were Charles Stillwell and Agnes ...Read more

A memory of Patching by wallywallisau

The Old Post Office

I, Helen Blake and my sister Carolyn moved with our parents Eileen and Arthur Blake to South Hill Cottages, next door to what was then the Post Office in Downderry run by Mrs Harris. Mrs Harris retired and the post office moved ...Read more

A memory of Downderry in 1954

Borwick Lane And Warton Crag

I lived in Warton - on Borwick Lane for the first 18 years of my life. In 1963, I was ten years old and Warton was a lovely little village. Borwick Lane was very much a quiet back road - not the busy ...Read more

A memory of Warton in 1963 by Elizabeth Gower

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Captions

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Caption For Hawkshead, From Charity High 1896

Here we see the south Lakeland village from the hill of Charity High, just outside the village.

Caption For Millom, Wellington Street C1955

With the slopes of Black Combe and the Lakeland mountains to the north, Millom occupies an enviable position, and was the home of the Lakeland poet Norman Nicholson.

Caption For Kendal, Looking North 1896

This is a general view of Kendal from the south, with the Lakeland hills in the background.The town of Kendal was founded on the west bank of the River Kent, although the earliest settlement around

Caption For Dalton In Furness, Market Street 1966

The District Bank, in the distance on the right by the pedestrian crossing, North West Electricity, next to J T Gilchrist chemist, and Lakeland Cleaners.

Caption For Kendal, Grammar School 1891

Kendal has always been an important service centre for the southern Lake District, and today is the headquarters of both the South Lakeland District Council and the Lake District National Park Authority

Caption For Buttermere, The Village 1889

Tucked between Crummock Water and Buttermere lake, the village is set in imposing Lakeland scenery.

Caption For Holker, A Cottage 1906

captioned 'Holker Hall', this photograph actually shows one of the houses on the Holker Hall estate, which has been in the hands of the Cavendish family for over 200 years and is now the home of the Lakeland

Caption For Troutbeck, The Village C1880

At the south end of the village is Townend, a typical Lakeland statesman's house, now in the care of the National Trust.

Caption For Borrowdale, The Hotel C1870

The Borrowdale Hotel is in one of the wildest valleys of Lakeland, and only the hardiest of early tourists made their way this deeply into the dale.

Caption For Seathwaite, Stockley Bridge 1889

It was Wordsworth and the other Romantic poets who first instilled the idea that the Lakeland fells had their own beauty and attractions, as generations of walkers and climbers have found

Caption For Kendal, Looking North 1896

This is a general view of Kendal from the south, with the Lakeland hills in the background.

Caption For Hawkshead, Village Post Office 1896

The grey slate walls of the buildings and cobbled streets are typical of many Lakeland villages.

Caption For Esthwaite Water, 1896

Esthwaite Water, near Hawkshead, is surrounded by comparatively gentle countryside, typical of the soft Silurian landscape of the southern Lakeland fringe.

Caption For Penrith, The Beacon C1955

Built in 1719 on the site of earlier fire- signal stations, the Beacon stands almost 1,000ft above sea-level, commanding views of the Lakeland, Pennine and Shap Fells and Scottish mountains

Caption For Borrowdale, The Borrowdale Hotel 1895

The Borrowdale Hotel is in one of the wildest valleys of Lakeland.

Caption For Keswick, Castlerigg, Druids' Circle 1895

Set against the background of the Lakeland peaks, the Castlerigg circle, near Keswick, forms a beautiful setting for what is considered to be one of the oldest stone circles in England.

Caption For Keswick, And Skiddaw C1873

The smooth slopes of 3,054-ft Skiddaw dominates the northern Lakeland town of Keswick in this view from Castle Head.

Caption For Keswick, And Skiddaw C1873

The smooth slopes of Skiddaw dominate the northern Lakeland town of Keswick in this view from Castle Head.

Caption For Grasmere, Dove Cottage 1936

The cottage is now part of a museum dedicated to the life and work of the poet - the founder of the Lakeland Romantic Movement.

Caption For Grasmere, Dove Cottage 1936

He wrote some of his best known poetry here.The cottage is now part of a museum dedicated to the life and work of the poet—the founder of the Lakeland Romantic Movement.

Caption For Keswick, Castlerigg, Druids' Circle 1895

Set against the background of the Lakeland peaks, the Castlerigg circle, near Keswick, forms a beautiful setting for what is considered to be one of the oldest stone circles in England.

Caption For Troutbeck, The Village C1880

At the south end of the village is Townend, a typical Lakeland statesman's house, now in the care of the National Trust.

Caption For Troutbeck, The Village C1880

At the south end of the village is Townend, a typical Lakeland statesman's house, now in the care of the National Trust.

Caption For Kendal, Stricklandgate 1888

The Town of Kendal Kendal—the 'Auld Grey Town' on the River Kent— was founded on the wealth won from the wool of Lakeland sheep.