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I’ve always maintained that the Lake District has much more
to offer than the fell tops themselves. So, with this in mind, I have
created a Lake District Directory in the website, the main aim of which is to
offer a photographic insight, not only into the more popular places, but
also the more obscure which are found in out of the way areas normally
reserved for the eyes of the more inquisitive fell walker.
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addition to the photographs, all items have a location map, and many also
include additional information such as their history. The unique feature,
however, is the link back to the walking section of the site, where you have
a choice of walks which include the location at some point along the route.
These are all real, documented walks actually done by the person offering
the information. |
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Honister Pass Bridge |
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This is the middle of the three bridges that cross Gatesgarthdale Beck on
the Buttermere side of Honister Pass. It is found at a height of 750ft asl.
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Docker Nook Bridge |
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There are actually two
bridges here, and although it was only the small clapper
bridge which I originally intended to photograph, I
ended up taking pictures of both of them.
The bridges are found
in the south east corner of the Lake District in the
lovely valley of Longsleddale.
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Selside Church |
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St Thomas's
Church, Selside, built 1838 with a tower added in 1894. The
tower is oddly broad, and entirely open to the old nave.
There was a chapel here a hundred years earlier that was
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Smaithwaite Bridge |
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I'm sure this was once a
delightful bridge found in the most unlikely of places, and
although it is definitely a little worse for wear these
days, it's still a nice one to discover.
The actual stone section of the bridge is marooned in the
middle of the St John's beck and linked to the riverbank
only by modern wooden sections. When I first came to this
bridge my initial thought was did the beck used to be much
narrower or did the bridge used to have three arches. |
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Longsleddale church |
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Unfortunately I don't have
any information of this church. |
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Shap Abbey |
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This remote valley was once home to a community of Premonstratensian Canons.
The Premonstratensian order was founded in the 1120's. Like the Cistercians,
they wore white habits and built their monasteries in remote places. Living
a contemplative monastic life, the canons also served as priests in nearby
parishes.
The Abbey itself was founded in about 1200 by a local baron called
Thomas, son of Gospatric, who granted the canons land beside the River
Lowther.
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Greendale Bridge |
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I dread to think how many cars must cross this bridge every year. No doubt
somewhat quickly, and all because the occupants of the said vehicles are
eager to reach Wast Water or Wasdale Head, which has a greater pull on
people than the tiny hamlet of Greendale and its bridge.
I wouldn't expect anyone to want to drive here just to see the bridge or
to disrupt their journey into Wasdale proper, but surely most people walking
past the bridge on their way to or from the fells behind Greendale must take
a second look at this attractive little spot.
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Uldale Church |
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St James' Church in Uldale dates from about 1150. The nave was
rebuilt somewhere around 1730, and the windows are
typical of the mid 18th Century.
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