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1. Top 10 Lakes in the Lake District The Lake District , in North West England,is one of the most beautiful places in the world. The 19th Century poets, most notably William Wordsworth, Coleridge and de Quincey were inspired by them. Artists , including Constable and Ruskin, have painted...
2. Food and Recipes of Cumbria If you are looking for English Food Recipes then you should find something appetising here. Cumberland a county in the North West of England now known as Cumbria is home to a unique heritage of British Food. The county is also the location of the fa...
3. England's Lakes In the UK, when we talk about the English Lakes we're usually referring to the Lake District in the northwestern county of Cumbria. There are, however, other lakes, and as time goes on I'll include mention of several of these - especially Rutland Wat...
4. Ruskin Lace from the Lake District Ruskin Lace was first made in the English Lake District in 1884. John Ruskin was one of the great thinkers of the 19th Century. He was an artist, critic, philosopher, author and conservationist. His ideas prompted the development of the "Arts a...
5. Beatrix Potter and the Lake District Beatrix Potter came to love the Lake District from holidays there as a child. When she accumulated sufficient assets from her writing to make herself independent she bought Hill Top Farm, Sawrey, in the hills between Coniston Water and Windermere, tw...