Photographs of the village of Casterton in the Lune Valley Dales of Cumbria.
Casterton Fells - Barbon - Kirkby Lonsdale - Leck and Cowan Bridge
Aerial view of Casterton in the Lune Valley, Cumbria.
Photo taken from a hot-air balloon.
The A683 enters the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Casterton in the Lune Valley, Cumbria.
On the 1st August 2016, the Yorkshire Dales exended the boundary of its national park to include Casterton and Barbon.
Holy Trinity Church, Casterton in the in the Lune Valley, Cumbria.
The church was commissioned by the Reverend Carus-Wilson, the headmaster of Casterton School in 1833. The fine windows by Henry Holiday and paintings by Holiday and James Clark were added at the beginning of the 20th century. The paintings are on canvas which have been cemented to the walls.
The chancel, Holy Trinity Church Casterton in Cumbria.
The stained glass windows and the mural of 'Angels' in the chancel of Holy Trinity Church are the work of the Pre-Raphaelite artist, Henry Holiday (1839 – 1927).
A collage of the stunning Benedicte and Days of Creation stained glass windows by the Pre-Raphaelite artist Henry Holiday in Holy Trinity Church, Casterton, Cumbria.
These two windows which are on either side of the baptistry are regarded by many as the the best of Holiday's work.
'The Nativity' by James Clark on the west wall in Holy Trinity Church, Casterton, Cumbria.
Clark painted twelve biblical scenes for the church, but 'The Adoration of the Shepherds' which had also been on the west wall became damaged by damp and is now lost. All of the murals in the church were painted onto canvas and cemented onto the walls.
The window in the baptistry of 'The Good Shepherd' was by Shrigley and Hunt.
Holy Trinity Church and the War Memorial, Casterton in the Lune Valley, Cumbria.
Casterton School (1823-2013), Casterton, Cumbria.
This independent school for girls moved to Casterton from nearby Cowan Bridge in 1833. Built as a school for daughters of the clergy, its 1824 register showed the names of four Bronte sisters. The school's founder, Reverend Carus-Wilson is believed to have been the model for Mr Brocklehurst in Jane Eyre.
Casterton School was 'merged' with Sedbergh School in 2013.
This independent school for girls moved to Casterton from nearby Cowan Bridge in 1833. Built as a school for daughters of the clergy, its 1824 register showed the names of four Bronte sisters. The school's founder, Reverend Carus-Wilson is believed to have been the model for Mr Brocklehurst in Jane Eyre.
Bronte House, Casterton School, Casterton, Cumbria.
Built in 1837 as Low Wood School for Girls, this independent school moved to Casterton from nearby Cowan Bridge in 1833. Built as a school for daughters of the clergy, its 1824 register showed the names of four Bronte sisters. The school's founder, Reverend Carus-Wilson is believed to have been the model for Mr Brocklehurst in Jane Eyre.
Ramsons (wild garlic) in Bronte Wood at Casterton in the Lune Valley, Cumbria.
Formerly known as Low Wood.
Bluebells in Bronte Wood at Casterton in the Lune Valley, Cumbria.
Formerly known as Low Wood.
Bluebells in Bronte Woods, Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales of Cumbria.
Formerly known as Low Wood.
The Plague Stone on the Casterton side of Devil's Bridge near Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria.
A 17th century sundial base on Devil's Bridge which may also have been used as a plague stone. Neighbouring farmers fearful of catching a plague which was spreading through the town would have insisted that the townsfolk pay for their produce by throwing coins into the disinfectant-filled hollow carved into the top. The stone bears the inscription (now almost impossible to read), 'FEARE GOD HONER THE KING 1673'.
An Andrew Goldsworthy Sheepfold beside Fellfoot Road, an old drove road running through Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales NP, Cumbria.
The Sheepfolds Project was a public artwork, consisting of sixteen folds, each containing a huge boulder situated along the old sheep drove-road. Each fold has access for both humans and sheep and is meant to relate directly to local farming traditions.
Andrew Goldsworthy Sheepfold beside Fellfoot Road, an old drove' road running through Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales NP, Cumbria..
The Sheepfolds Project was a public artwork, consisting of sixteen folds, each containing a huge boulder situated along the old sheep drove-road. Each fold has access for both humans and sheep and is meant to relate directly to local farming traditions.
Fellfoot Road, and old drove road at Casterton in the Lune Valley Yorkshire Dales of Cumbria.
Sheep and hawthorn in a field from Fellfoot Road, Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales NP, Cumbria.
Walking the dog along a snow covered lane at Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales NP, Cumbria.
Scots pines in the snow on Gildard Hill, Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
The Cross Stone, Casterton, Cumbria.
A 14th/15th century standing cross, found in a field and re-erected before 1859. It may have originally been a grave marker.
On private farmland. No public access.
Lime kiln in Riddings Wood, Casterton, Cumbria.
Lime kilns, built from the 17th to 19th centuries, were furnaces designed for the burning of limestone. This burning process produces quicklime which was used as agricultural fertiliser and for the production of building mortar. Kilns are set into the side of low hills so that carts could deliver and easily drop limestone and firewood into them. To prevent the kilns themselves from burning, they had to be lined with sandstone. It was a gruelling and dangerous job with many fatalities.
Casterton Stone Circle, Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cumbria.
Diameter 17.7m. Originally a circle of twenty stones set into an embankment and believed to be an Early Bronze Age kerbed platform burial cairn. Today only fourteen are clearly visible.
On private farmland. No public access.
A wintry view towards Barbon Low Fell and Brownthwaite from Wandales Lane, Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cumbria.
Late afternoon sun on the slopes of Barbon Low Fell and Brownthwaite Pike at Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
Blackthorn blossom in the hedgerow along The Fell Road, Casterton, Cumbria.
A crisp, icy morning on the Fell Road, Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.