Photographs of Temple Sowerby 'The Queen of Westmorland Villages', Kirkby Thore and Culgaith in Cumbria.
LOCAL GALLERIES: Penrith - Kirkby Thore
Blencarn Lake near Culgaith in the Eden Valley of Cumbria..
This scenic fishing lake with a backdrop of Cross Fell, is stocked with rainbow trout.
A thatched cottage at Blencarn near Culgaith in the Eden Valley of Cumbria.
Culgaith Signal Box on the Settle to Carlisle Railwayl Culgaith in Cumbria.
The signal box is a Midland Railway type 4A design, built in 1908. The station at Culgaith closed in 1970.
St Lawrence's Church, Kirkland, Culgaith in the Eden Valley, Cumbria.
The church dates from the 13th century, but was extensively restored in the late 19th century.
All Saints Church at Culgaith in the Eden Valley of Cumbria.
The church was built in 1756 and extensively restored iat the end of the 19th century.
The war memorial and 1897 Vctoria Institute at Culgaith in the Eden Valley of Cumbria.
Poppies and ox-eye daisies in a wheat field near Kirkby Thore in the Eden Valley, Cumbria.
Cross Fell rises in the distance.
A field of poppies near Kirkby Thore in the Eden Valley of Cumbria.
Cross Fell rises in the distance.
The gypsum works at Kirkby Thore in the Eden Valley of Cumbria.
Gypsum (hydrated calcium sulphate) has been quarried or mined in the area for over 200 years, and this British Gypsum plant has produced plaster since 1910 and plasterboard since the 1960s.
The gypsum works at Kirkby Thore in the Eden Valley of Cumbria.
Gypsum (hydrated calcium sulphate) has been quarried or mined in the area for over 200 years, and this British Gypsum plant has produced plaster since 1910 and plasterboard since the 1960s.
St Michael's Church, Kirkby Thore in the Eden Valley of Cumbria.
A 12th century church with a defensive tower. Sandstone from the nearby Roman Fort of Bravoniacvm is believed to have been used in the building of the church. A 15th century bell is traditionally said to have been brought from Shap Abbey by the last abbot, who was also rector of Kirkby Thore.
Foresters Hall, Kirkby Thore in the Eden Valley of Cumbria.
Originally a single storey reading room built in 1832. The first floor hall was added for the Foresters in 1844. There is a life-size sculpted deer's head above the top panel.
Now a private residence.
The Hanging Walls of Mark Anthony near Culgaith in the Eden Valley, Cumbria.
A series of Medieval lynchets or cultivation terraces on a hillside beside Ran Beck.
Sheep keeping the churchyard neat and tidy at the 1754 Church of St James, Temple Sowerby in the Eden Valley of Cumbria.
The Wesley Stone and the 1872 Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at Temple Sowerby in the Eden Valley of Cumbria.
John Wesley is said to have preached from this stone on the village green in 1782.
The 1872 former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at Temple Sowerby in the Eden Valley of Cumbria.
Now a private residence.
A 3rd century Roman milestone close to the A66 in between Temple Sowerby and Kirkby Thore in the Eden Valley of Cumbria.
The A66 follows the line of the Roman Road from Brougham to York.
A 3rd century Roman milestone close to the A66 in between Temple Sowerby and Kirkby Thore in the Eden Valley of Cumbria
The A66 follows the line of the Roman Road from Brougham to York.
The maypole on the village green at Temple Sowerby in the Eden Valley of Cumbria.