Photographs taken around the quaint, popular tourist village Hawkshead and neighbouring Outgate in the English Lake District.
Hawkshead and Coniston Fells - Sawrey - Coniston - Ambleside
Aerial view of Hawkshead and Priest Pot in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The small pond, Priest Pot, was separated from Esthwaite Water about 400 years ago, and is believed to have been a fishery for the monks of Hawkshead Hall.
Church of St. Michael and All Saints, Hawkshead in Cumbria.
The church was built around 1300 on the site of a Norse Chapel, but most of the building, as it exists today is 16-17th century.
A Lakeland shard fence leads to The Church of St Michael and All Saints at Hawkshead in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A shard fence is a traditional Lakeland wall made from upright slabs of slate.
Hawkshead Courthouse, Hawkshead in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The Gatehouse was built in the 15th century by the Cistercian monks of Furness Abbey at Barrow in Furness. The court room was on the upper floor of the Gatehouse and was where disputes were sorted out and where tenants paid their rent to the Abbot or Bailiff.
The Old Hawkshead Grammar School, Hawkshead in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The grammar school was founded in 1585 by Archbishop Edwin Sandys of York. William Wordsworth attended the school and carved his name in one of the desks! The school closed in 1909, but is now run as a museum.
Ann Tyson's Cottage, Hawkshead in the Lake District, Cumbria.
William Wordsworth is said to have lodged at this 17th century cottage while he attended Hawkshead Grammar School.
The cobbled Wordsworth Street street sign in Hawkshead, Lake District, Cumbria.
Anne Tysons Cottage is on Wordsworth Street. This is where William lodged while attending Hawkshead Grammar School. The street was formerly known as "Leather, Rag & Putty Street".
Wordsworth Street street sign in Hawkshead, Lake District, Cumbria.
Anne Tysons Cottage is on Wordsworth Street. This is where William lodged while attending Hawkshead Grammar School.
The street was formerly known as "Leather, Rag & Putty Street"..
This 17th century building in Hawkshead was the solicitor's office of William Heelis, husband of Beatrix Potter. Perhaps this is where she met William when she bought Hill Top in 1905.
The building was given to the National Trust by Beatrix Potter.
Betty Fold, Hawkshead in the Lake District, Cumbria.
This fine house was designed by the Pre-Raphaelite artist Henry Holiday as the Lakeland holiday home for himself and his wife Kate. Henry and Kate were both supporters of the Suffragette Movement and they were close friends of Emily Pankhurst who they often entertained at Betty Fold.
The Queen's Head, Hawkshead in the Lake District, Cumbria, UK.
17th / early 18th century public house.
Baptist Chapel, Hawkshead in the Lake District, Cumbria, UK.
The chapel dates from 1678 but was restored in 1876.
Stone barn and boat house at the northern end of Esthwaite Water in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
Aerial view of Wray Castle near Hawkshead in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Wray Castle in the mist. This is not a real castle, but a private house built in the Gothic Revival Style in 1840 for a retired Liverpool surgeon.
Wray Castle at Low Ray on the western shore of Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
This Gothic style house was built in 1840 for a retired surgeon, James Dawson. After Dawson's death in 1875 the estate was inherited by his fifteen year old nephew, Edward Preston Rawnsley. In 1877 Edward's cousin, Hardwicke Rawnsley, who was to become one of the founder members of the National Trust, took up the appointment of vicar of the neighbouring Wray Church.
In 1882, a sixteen year old Beatrix Potter stayed at Wray Castle on a family holiday to the Lake District. There she met Hardwick Rawnsley, who became her mentor and good friend.
Blelham Tarn near High Wray with a backdrop of Loughrigg and the Fairfield Horseshoe in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
Stone slab bridge over Wray Beck, Low Wray near Hawkshead in the Lake District National park, Cumbria.
The 19th century village pump and shelter at Outgate near Hawkshead in the Lake District, Cumbria, UK.
Outgate Village Pound near Hawkshead in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Most medieval villages had a village pound or pinfold, a walled structure where stray animals could be locked up until their owner paid a fine for their release. Pounds were widely used across the north of England up until the early 18th century.