Photographs taken around the picturesque villages of Caldbeck and Hesket Newmarket in the Lake District National Park of Cumbria.
LOCAL GALLERIES: Bassenthwaite - Greystoke
The Howk, a waterfall on Whelpo Beck tumbling into a dramatic limestone gorge near the village of Caldbeck in Cumbria.
NB: Some small branches that partially obscured the view of the falls have been digitally removed from this photograph.
The Howk, a waterfall on Whelpo Beck tumbling into a dramatic limestone gorge near the village of Caldbeck in Cumbria.
This photograph is taken from the top of the falls.
The woodland footpath beside Whelpo Beck leading to the steps that circumnavigate the limestone gorge of The Howk near Caldbeck in Cumbria.
The bobbin mill ruins on the footpath to The Howk near Caldbeck in Cumbria.
The ruins of a 19th century bobbin mill which claimed the largest overshot wheel in the UK measuring almost 13 metres in diameter! The mill closed in 1924.
A small waterfall on Whelpo Beck flowing down towards The Howk in the limestone gorge near the village of Caldbeck in Cumbria.
Ramsons wild garlic on the banks of Cald Beck in the Lake District village of Caldbeck, Cumbria.
Cald Beck with a view of Church Bridge, a probable 18th century packhorse bridge in the attractive village of Caldbeck.
St Kentigern's Holy Well at Caldbeck in Cumbria.
This well, contained in a small rectangular basin, can be found on the bank of Cald Beck next the old footbridge behind St Kentigern's Church.
Church Bridge, a probable 18th century packhorse bridge in the attractive Lake District village of Caldbeck
At this point, Whelpo Beck becomes known as Church Beck.
The Norman Church of St Kentigern in the village of Caldbeck, Cumbria.
The Norman tower of St. Kentigern's Church in the village of Caldeck, Cumbria.
Note the arch stones of faces (beakheads) above the doorway.
The East Window by William Wailes in St Kentigern's Church, Caldeck, Cumbria.
This fine 1867 window depicts the latter days of Jesus Christ.
A stained glass window in St Kentigern’s Church, Caldbeck by Peter Strong (2000).
Commissioned by the family of Harold James Boydell (1929-1995).
A 1938 stained glass window by James Powell and Sons of St Kentigern and St Cuthbert in St Kentigern's Church at Caldbeck in Cumbria.
A beautiful small hidden stained glass window of an angel with child in St Kentigern's Church, Caldbeck.
A memorial to Edward Halliley Simpson age 4 months.
Caldbeck War Memorial in the churchyard of St. Kentigern's Church at Caldbeck in Cumbria.
The gravestone of 'Mary of Buttermere' in the churchyard of St. Kentigern's Church at Caldbeck in Cumbria.
Mary Robinson, 'The Beauty of Buttermere' (1778 - 1837) was the daughter of the landlord of the Fish Inn at Buttermere. Mary was a sheperdess, known for her beauty, and in 1802 she met John Hatfield, who called himself "Colonel Hope", the brother of an earl. Their marriage got a lot of attention, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote in the London Morning Post of "The romantic marriage". When Hatfield was exposed as an impostor, bigamist and forger, he was arrested. He escaped, to be captured in South Wales, tried at Carlisle, and hanged in 1803.
In 1807 she married a local farmer and had four children. She is buried at St Kentigern's Church in Caldbeck.
The story of Mary captured the public imagination of the time and William Wordsworth wrote of her in 'The Prelude'. Mary is the subject of Melvyn Bragg's 1987 novel, 'The Maid of Buttermere'.
The grave of the huntsman, John Peel in the churchyard of St. Kentigern's Church in Caldbeck, Cumbria.
John Peel was made famous through the 19th century song, 'D'ye ken John Peel'.
This beautiful Georgian house was built for Pynson Wilmot, rector of St Kentigern's Church from 1765-1789.
The Duck Pond in the village of Caldbeck in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The pond occupies the site of the former clay pits of a Victorian brick and tile works.
The beautiful cherry blossom tree at the eastern entrance to the village of Caldbeck in Cumbria.
The old 4.27m waterwheel of Priests Mill next to Cald Beck in the village of Caldbeck, Cumbria.
The mill was built by a rector of Caldbeck and was operational from 1702 to 1933 as a corn mill. Later it was used as a saw mill, but floods in 1965 caused damage to the dam and milling ceased.
The building now houses a lovely cafe.
The village store, petrol station and an AA road sign in Caldbeck, Cumbria.
Bowten Beck in the quaint village of Caldbeck in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria
An old Cumberland County Council finger post road sign in the village of Caldbeck, Cumbria.
The attractive village of Hesket Newmarket in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The attractive village of Hesket Newmarket in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The Market Cross in the village of Hesket Newmarket in Cumbria.
This is an early 19th century rebuild of an earlier structure on this site. Inside there are two red sandstone stumps, probably used for stocks and bull baiting.
The Market Cross in the village of Hesket Newmarket in Cumbria.
This is an early 19th century rebuild of an earlier structure on this site. Inside there are two red sandstone stumps, probably for stocks and bull baiting.
The Old Crown in the village of Hesket Newmarket in Cumbria.
The Old Crown was Britain's first co-operatively owned pub.
Hesket Newmarket Free Church.
Built as a library and Sunday School in the 1850s, later becoming a Methodist Chapel, and in 1993, a Free Church.