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Legend has it that this is the grave of Ewan Caesario, a giant who was King of Cumbria. They were erected to kings or princes in the glorious days when Penrith was the capital of Cumbria.

At first he built himself a house which he named Egremont, after his home town in Cumbria, and the name spread from there.

This corner of Cumbria abounds in associations with the poet.

A game of golf takes place in front of what is now called the Cumbria Grand Hotel. Note the dress of golfers at that time – smart plus fours and thick socks.

Legend has it that this is the grave of Ewan Caesario, a giant who was King of Cumbria.

The market town of Haltwhistle straddles the present-day A69 a few miles from the border with Cumbria.

Stone from here was used to build the docks at Liverpool, Holker Hall in Cumbria and Tatton Hall in nearby Knutsford.

Kendal's church of the Holy Trinity is Cumbria's largest parish church, and dates from the 13th century, although it was extensively restored 60 years before this photograph was taken, between

Various footpaths lead to it, including the Cumbria Coastal Way.

Carmarthen's horse fairs were the Welsh equivalent of the Appleby fairs in Cumbria, and were still being held as late as 1955.

Many of these houses were originally built in the 1800s as housing for immigrants coming to the area from Cumbria and North Wales to work in the local quarries.

Poltross Burn, which flows through the middle of the village, marks the border between Northumberland and Cumbria.

Stories about the Grave have been linked not only with the mythical giant Sir Owen Caesarius and the Arthurian legends, but also with Owain, son of Urien, a 6th-century king of Rheged, and Owen, King of Cumbria

In 1844, railway surveyors came to this agricultural village with the aim of linking two main lines to provide a route from West Yorkshire to Lancashire and Cumbria.

Cumbria by open expanses of moss and marsh. Only the narrow Eden Valley offers an opening, running south-east to Stainmoor and lowland England.

By building a new castle at Carlisle, William Rufus was cutting what was left of ancient Cumbria in two.

A couple of old villagers pass the time of day with a youngster in the West Cumbrian village of Gosforth.

It is ten past twelve on a summer's afternoon in the mid-sixties in this sleepy North Cumbrian town - and there is not a vehicle in sight in the length of the long Main Street.

The scene has not changed much today, other than the inevitable increase in the volume of traffic through this delightful Cumbrian market town.

His most well-known book is 'Itinerarium Cambriae', 'The Itinerary of Wales'.

The wide Main Street of Egremont, watched over by the clock tower of the Victorian Town Hall, is typical of many Cumbrian towns.

This is the embarkation point for sailings to the various Clyde resorts, and also to Milport, just across from and within sight of Largs, on the island of Great Cumbrae.

Sheltered by the nearby island of Cumbrae, Largs is a popular place for messing about in boats. It was also a good centre for steamer excursions.