Photographs taken around the village of Troutbeck in the English Lake District.
Aerial view of the Troutbeck valley in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
A drumlin at the foot of Troutbeck Tongue in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The drumlin, a small elongated hill near the foot of the Tongue was caused by debris left by the glacier that created the Tongue. The end of the drumlin that was facing the flow of ice is blunter than the other more streamlined end.
Jesus Church, Troutbeck in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
Unusually this church was not named after a saint, but simply after Jesus. It was built in 1736 on the site of a 16th century church and the beams and tiny tower window probably came from the earlier building.
The interior of Jesus Church, Troutbeck in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
The East Window in Jesus Church, Troutbeck. Cumbria.
This superb window in Jesus Church was the work of the Pre-Raphaelite artiists, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris and Ford Madox Brown.
It is said that Jones was working on the design when Morris and Brown turned up and offered help while on holiday in the area. Morris is believed to be responsible for the greenery, and his company Morris and Co. made the window.
N.B. Electric wire erased.
The 1869 Village Institute, Troutbeck in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
The building houses the village shop and and a tea room..
St John's Well, Troutbeck in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The buildings of Troutbeck are grouped into hamlets and each hamlet developed its own well from water seeping from the fell. The wells also provided a welcome drink for horses about to pull carriages up Kirkstone Pass.
St Margaret's Well, Troutbeck in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The buildings of Troutbeck are grouped into hamlets and each hamlet developed its own well from water seeping from the fell. The wells also provided a welcome drink for horses about to pull carriages up Kirkstone Pass.
Town End and Town End Barn, Troutbeck in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Townend is a statesman farmer’s house built in 1626 by George Browne.
The barn is a Lakeland bank barn (built into a bank with two ground levels - usually animals on the lower level and hay storage on the top level). This barn with a spinning gallery was used to store wool.
Townend Barn, Troutbeck in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
A Lakeland bank barn (built into a bank) with two ground levels Usually the top level was a threshing-floor and used to store hay. Animals would be kept on the lower floor. This barn with a spinning gallery was used to store wool.
Townend Barn, Troutbeck in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
This fine bank barn was built by the wealthy gentleman farmer, George Browne of Townend in 1666. Extensions were added in the 18th century.
Swaledale sheep at Townend Barn, overlooking the Troutbeck Valley in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Troutbeck Park Farm, Troutbeck in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
The farm was bought by Beatrix Potter in 1923. In 1926 she decided to run the farm herself with the help of the shepherd, George Walker, brother-in-law of Tom Storey who ran her Hill Top Farm in Near Sawrey. Beatrix built the neighbouring detatched house for the shepherd to live in.
The farm and its large herdwick flock were left to the National Trust upon her death in 1943.
Hagg Gill on the eastern side of The Tongue, Troutbeck in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A Lakeland bank barn beside the small ford on Longmire Road, Troutbeck in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
A Lakeland bank barn (built into a bank) with two ground levels Usually the top level was a threshing-floor and used to store hay. Animals would be kept on the lower floor.
Trout Beck flowing through Troutbeck Park, Troutbeck in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The eastern side of The Tongue, Troutbeck in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK. The course of the southern section of High Street Roman Road can be seen beyond the wall at the foot of The Tongue. High Street is a high-level Roman Road that linked Penrith with the Galava Fort at Ambleside.
Clapper Bridge over Trout Beck, Troutbeck Park, Troutbeck in the Lake District, Cumbria, UK.
Old clapper bridge of stone slabs resting on dry-stone piers. Probably built for pack-horse traffic.
Waterfalls in Trout Beck at Troutbeck Park on the western side of The Tongue, Troutbeck, the Lake District, Cumbria, UK.
The eastern side of The Tongue, Troutbeck, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Heading into rain along the course of the southern section of High Street, the Roman Road that linked Penrith with the Galava Fort at Ambleside.
Walkers on the summit of The Tongue, Troutbeck in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK.
The Troutbeck Tongue affords a great view down to Windermere.
A view of Troutbeck Park Farm and the valley from above the Troutbeck Tounge, Troutbeck in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK.
The farm was bought by Beatrix Potter in 1923. In 1926 she decided to run the farm herself, with the help of shepherd, George Walker, the brother-in-law of Tom Storey who ran her Hill Top Farm in Sawrey. Beatrix built the detatched house for the shepherd. The farm and its large herdwick flock were left to the National Trust upon her death in 1943.
The drumlin is a small elongated hill at the foot of the Tongue, that consists of debris left by the glacier that created the Tongue.
Photo taken from a hot-air balloon.
Aerial view of Robin Lane and the old Hundreds Road on the eastern slopes of Wansfell, near Troutbeck in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The Hundreds is a centuries old system of allocating rough grazing land to the local peasant farmers. This area was once part of the ancient Forest of Troutbeck and contained an upper, middle and lower Hundred. Hundred. Each Hundred was divided into one hundred cattels, and every cattel was considered large enough to graze five animals.
A misty, autumnal morning: Nanny Lane, Troutbeck in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Nanny Lane was used by the villagers to access their grazing land on The Hundreds.