Photographs of the villages, Pooley Bridge and the historic Dacre at the northern end of Ullswater in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
LOCAL GALLERIES: Ullswater - Ullswater Fells - Penrith - Greystoke
LOCAL WALKS: Pooley Bridge Discovery Walk
The 12th century St Andrew's Church, Dacre, Cumbria.
The church was extended in the 13th century, then the tower was rebuilt and the church restored in the 19th century.
The four corners of the graveyard are marked by the famous carved stone bears, known as the Dacre Bears.
The churchyard also has some magnificent yews.
Grade 1 listed.
The Norman doorway on the south wall of St Andrew's Church, Dacre in Cumbria.
The lock is dated 1875. On the inside of the door is a lock given by Lady Anne Clifford in 1671.
Lady Anne Clifford lock in St Andrew's Church, Dacre in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Lady Anne liked to give small gifts to people who had been kind to her. This is one of a number of door locks that she got made by George Dent of Appleby at a cost of £1 each. The locks all bear her initials A P (Anne, Countess of Pemroke). Here in St. Andrew's Church, the lock is in the south door and is dated 1671.
Dacre Bear, St Andrew's Church, Dacre in the Lake District, Cumbria.
This is one of four medieval stone bears that stand at each corner of the churchyard. Little is known of their origin but they are believed to tell a story:
This bear is sleeping with its head on a pillar (much of the head has been worn away).
Dacre Bear, St Andrew's Church, Dacre in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A small animal has jumped on to the back of this medieval stone bear.
Dacre Bear, St Andrew's Church, Dacre in the Lake District, Cumbria.
This medieval stone bear is making an attempt to dislodge an animal clinging to its back, by reaching over his shoulder with his right paw.
Dacre Bear, St Andrew's Church, Dacre in the Lake District, Cumbria.
This medieval stone bear looks satisfied, having eaten its attacker.
A 17th/18th century alms table in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church, Dacre, Cumbria.
An alms table was where money, clothes or food would be placed for the poor.
On the sandstone slab is a brass inscribed sundial without a gnomon.
Dacre Castle, Dacre in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A 14th century fortified tower house that was altered about 1570 by Thomas Lennard, the 1st Earl of Sussex.
Grade 1 listed.
Private residence. Not open to the public.
The 18th century Dacre Bridge and Dacre Beck beside Dalemain at Dacre in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Dalemain is an early 15th century country house with 17th/18th century alterations and extensions. Grade 1 listed.
Open to the public. Admission charge.
The impressive 1744 Georgian frontage of Dalemain at Dacre in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Dalemain is an early 15th century country house with 17th/18th century alterations and extensions. Grade 1 listed.
Open to the public. Admission charge.
The Millennium Fish Cross sculpture, Pooley Bridge, Lake District, Cumbria.
The Bridge at Pooley Bridge in the Lake District, Cumbria.
This three arched bridge carrying the B5320 over the River Eamont was built in 1764. The bridge was once a border between the old counties of Cumberland and Westmorland. This old bridge was destroyed in December 2015 by Storm Desmond,.
The temporary metal bridge carrying the B5320 over the River Eamont at Pooley Bridge in Cumbria.
The old stone bridge was destroyed in the 2015 Storm Desmond.