Lake District Photography: Photos of Troutbeck and Kentmere, two Lakeland valleys connected by the Garburn Pass, in Cumbria. Aerial shots have been taken from a hot-air balloon.
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KENTMERE 01A - Aerial view of Kentmere and the Troubeck Valley
Aerial view over the Kentmere Valley, and the eastern slopes of the Troutbeck Valley to the central and north eastern fell of the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
KENTMERE 02A - Aerial view of Kentmere
Aerial view of the Kentmere Valley and Kentmere Tarn in the Lake District, Cumbria. Kentmere is divided into four quarters, each further divided into holdings. To secure tenure of their land, a man from each holding had to do Border Service for the Crown by repelling Scottish raiders.
KENTMERE 02B - Aerial view of Kentmere
Aerial view of Kentmere Tarn in Kentmere, the Lake District, Cumbria.
The Tarn was originally a small glacial lake, but in 1840 the valley was drained to provide better agricultural land. It was found that the lake bed held deposits of diatomite (a powdery mineral composed of fossilised aquatic plants). The diatomite was then mined for various industrial uses and two Viking canoes and a spearhead were discovered in the lake bed. After the mine closed, the hole was flooded and the smaller Kentmere Tarn was created.
The Tarn was originally a small glacial lake, but in 1840 the valley was drained to provide better agricultural land. It was found that the lake bed held deposits of diatomite (a powdery mineral composed of fossilised aquatic plants). The diatomite was then mined for various industrial uses and two Viking canoes and a spearhead were discovered in the lake bed. After the mine closed, the hole was flooded and the smaller Kentmere Tarn was created.
KENTMERE 06A - Kentmere Hall
Kentmere Hall, Kentmere, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Kentmere Hall has a 14th century pele tower built as protection from the Scots. Its most famous inhabitant, the 16th century outspoken protestant Bernard Gilpin almost died for his faith. He became known as The Apostle of the North.
Kentmere Hall has a 14th century pele tower built as protection from the Scots. Its most famous inhabitant, the 16th century outspoken protestant Bernard Gilpin almost died for his faith. He became known as The Apostle of the North.
KENTMERE 07B - St Cuthbert's Church
St Cuthbert's Church, Kentmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The yew tree, believed to be almost a thousand years old, growing in the churchyard suggests that this is an ancient place of worship. The present church, much rebuilt in the 19th century has 16th century ceiling beams and a colourful collection of embroidered kneelers. Some believe that St. Cuthbert’s body may have lain overnight in the church on its way to Durham.
The yew tree, believed to be almost a thousand years old, growing in the churchyard suggests that this is an ancient place of worship. The present church, much rebuilt in the 19th century has 16th century ceiling beams and a colourful collection of embroidered kneelers. Some believe that St. Cuthbert’s body may have lain overnight in the church on its way to Durham.
KENTMERE 08A - Badger Rock
Badger Rock or the Brock Stone, Kentmere, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Badger Rock is a large free-standing boulder, popular with climbers.
Badger Rock is a large free-standing boulder, popular with climbers.
KENTMERE 09A - Hogg hole
A hogg hole and Badger Rock, Kentmere in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
Hogg holes allow hogs (yearling sheep) to pass freely from one field to another. The Badger Rock (or the Brock stone) can be seen in the distance.
Hogg holes allow hogs (yearling sheep) to pass freely from one field to another. The Badger Rock (or the Brock stone) can be seen in the distance.
KENTMERE 10A - Kentmere Reservoir
Kentmere Reservoir, Kentmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Kentmere Reservoir is fed by the streams running off the fells that form the source of the Kent, a river that once powered more water mills than any other English river. The reservoir was opened in 1848 to regulate the flow of the Kent to the mills.
Kentmere Reservoir is fed by the streams running off the fells that form the source of the Kent, a river that once powered more water mills than any other English river. The reservoir was opened in 1848 to regulate the flow of the Kent to the mills.
KENTMERE 13A - Kentmere Reservoir control wheel
The control wheel on the dam wall of Kentmere Reservoir, Kentmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
KENTMERE 14A - Kentmere Reservoir overflow
Kentmere Reservoir overflow, Kentmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The newly formed River Kent.
The newly formed River Kent.
KENTMERE 14B - Kentmere Reservoir overflow
Kentmere Reservoir overflow, Kentmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Froswick rises in the distance.
Froswick rises in the distance.
KENTMERE 14C - Kentmere Reservoir overflow
The newly formed waters of the River Kent, Kentmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
KENTMERE RESERVOIR 15A - Kentmere Reservoir outlet
River Kent outlet in the dam wall of Kentmere Reservoir, Kentmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
KENTMERE 17A - Whether Fold
Whether Fold, an old washfold beside the newly formed River Kent in Kentmere, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Sheep would have been enclosed in the large circle and then released individually into the small enclosure ready for dipping in the water to remove parasites. The dam wall of the reservoir can be seen in the distance.
Sheep would have been enclosed in the large circle and then released individually into the small enclosure ready for dipping in the water to remove parasites. The dam wall of the reservoir can be seen in the distance.
KENTMERE 20A - The Ull Stone
The Ull Stone, Kentmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The Ull Stone, an erratic igneous boulder affords super views across to Morecambe Bay.
According to legend, the stone is half of a huge dice, thrown by Ull, an angry giant who had lost a bet about some sheep. He threw the dice from Cockermouth and it landed here in Kentmere. As it landed it split, but the other half has disappeared.
The Ull Stone, an erratic igneous boulder affords super views across to Morecambe Bay.
According to legend, the stone is half of a huge dice, thrown by Ull, an angry giant who had lost a bet about some sheep. He threw the dice from Cockermouth and it landed here in Kentmere. As it landed it split, but the other half has disappeared.
KENTMERE 30A - Spoil heaps in the Kentmere Valley
Spoil heaps in the Kentmere Valley, The Lake District, Cumbria.
There is evidence of much green slate quarrying around the Kentmere Valley, but lead mining also occurred on a much smaller scale. Opal (a valuable relation to common quartz) is also believed to have been found here, but not mined! In 1887, drunken miners gave Kentmere the dubious claim to fame of having the first pub in England to lose its license! .
There is evidence of much green slate quarrying around the Kentmere Valley, but lead mining also occurred on a much smaller scale. Opal (a valuable relation to common quartz) is also believed to have been found here, but not mined! In 1887, drunken miners gave Kentmere the dubious claim to fame of having the first pub in England to lose its license! .
KENTMERE 35A - Quartz on the footpath to Kentmere Reservoir
Quartz in the footpath to the Kentmere Reservoir in the Lake District, Cumbria.
KENTMERE 50A - Tongue House Settlement
The site of Tongue House Settlement, Kentmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The rocky round mounds in the field to the side of Tongue House and below Tongue Scar are the remains of a settlement built by Bronze Age farmers over 4,000 years ago when the valley would have been densely forested.
The rocky round mounds in the field to the side of Tongue House and below Tongue Scar are the remains of a settlement built by Bronze Age farmers over 4,000 years ago when the valley would have been densely forested.
TROUTBECK 01A - Aerial view of Troutbeck
Aerial view of the Troutbeck valley in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
TROUTBECK 07A - Aerial view of the Hundreds Road
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.
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.
TROUTBECK 09A - Troutbeck from the Garburn Pass
A view of the Troutbeck Tongue at the head of the valley of Troutbeck in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The photo was taken from the Garburn Pass, a high pass linking Kentmere and Troutbeck.
The photo was taken from the Garburn Pass, a high pass linking Kentmere and Troutbeck.
TROUTBECK 09B - The Tongue from the Garburn Pass
A view of the Troutbeck Tongue at the head of the valley of Troutbeck in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The photo was taken from the Garburn Pass, a high pass linking Kentmere and Troutbeck.
The photo was taken from the Garburn Pass, a high pass linking Kentmere and Troutbeck.
TROUTBECK 10A - Drumlin
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.
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.
TROUTBECK 13A - Barn beside Ing Lane
A Lakeland barn beside Ing Lane, Troutbeck in the Lake District, Cumbria.
TROUTBECK 15A - Jesus Church
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.
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.
TROUTBECK 16A - Jesus Church
The interior of Jesus Church, Troutbeck in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
TROUTBECK 17A - Morris, Burne Jones and Madox Brown window, Jesus Church
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.
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.
TROUTBECK 20A - Troutbeck Village Institute
The 1869 Village Institute, Troutbeck in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
The building houses the village shop and and a tea room..
The building houses the village shop and and a tea room..
TROUTBECK 25A - St John's Well
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.
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.
TROUTBECK 26A - St Margaret's Well
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.
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.
TROUTBECK 30B - Townend and Townend Barn
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. The barn is not open to the public.
PLEASE NOTE: There is an admission charge to enter this National Trust owned house. This photo was taken from the car park.
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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. The barn is not open to the public.
PLEASE NOTE: There is an admission charge to enter this National Trust owned house. This photo was taken from the car park.
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TROUTBECK 32A - Townend Barn
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.
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.
TROUTBECK 32B - Townend Barn
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.
Not open to the public.
This fine bank barn was built by the wealthy gentleman farmer, George Browne of Townend in 1666. Extensions were added in the 18th century.
Not open to the public.
TROUTBECK 33A - Swaledale sheep
Swaledale sheep at Townend Barn, overlooking the Troutbeck Valley in the Lake District, Cumbria.
TROUTBECK 35A - Troutbeck Park Farm
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.
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.
TROUTBECK 50A - Waterfalls in Trout Beck
Waterfalls in Trout Beck at Troutbeck Park on the western side of The Tongue, Troutbeck, the Lake District, Cumbria.
TROUTBECK 51A - Trout Beck beside the Tongue
Trout Beck on the western side of the Tongue, Troutbeck in the Lake District, Cumbria.
TROUTBECK 52A - Clapper Bridge over Trout Beck
Clapper Bridge over Trout Beck on the western side of the Tongue, Troutbeck in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Old clapper bridge of stone slabs resting on dry-stone piers. Probably built for pack-horse traffic.
Old clapper bridge of stone slabs resting on dry-stone piers. Probably built for pack-horse traffic.
TROUTBECK 56A - Heading into rain
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.
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.
TROUTBECK 60A - Hagg Gill, Troutbeck
Hagg Gill on the eastern side of The Tongue, Troutbeck in the Lake District, Cumbria.
TROUTBECK 65A - Bank barn on Longmire Road
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.
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.