Photographs taken around Haweswater, Brampton and Riggindale in the English Lake District.
The red K6 telephone box associated with the 1968 cult film, 'Withnail and I' at Bampton near Shap in Cumbria.
The phone box is still a place of pilgrimage for fans of the film and there is even a visitor's book inside.
The visitor's book in the red K6 telephone box associated with the 1968 cult film, 'Withanail and I' at Bampton near Shap in Cumbria.
The phone box is still a place of pilgrimage for fans of the film.
St Patrick's Church, Bampton Grange near Shap in the Eden District of Cumbria.
A church on this site was first mentioned in 1170 when it was attached to Shap Abbey, but most of the present church was built in the 1720s.
Church Bridge and the River Lowther at Bampton Grange in the Eden district of Cumbria.
This dressed red sandstone bridge dates from the late 18th to early 19th century.
Plaque for the Haweswater Reservoir in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria. In 1919, the people of Mardale Green learnt that Manchester Water Corporation had just secured the long awaited Haweswater Act, a compulsory purchase agreement of the day, which granted them permission to build a dam and drown the hamlet. It is said that not a penny was paid in compensation to the folks who lost their homes and livelihoods.
The dam wall, Haweswater Reservoir in the Lake District, Cumbria.
In 1919, the people of Mardale Green learnt that Manchester Water Corporation had just secured the long awaited Haweswater Act, a compulsory purchase agreement of the day, which granted them permission to build a dam and drown the hamlet.
The draw-off tower at Haweswater Reservoir in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The tower was built from the stonework and windows that came from the dismantled Holy Trinity Church at Mardale Green.
The Old Corpse Road footpath sign at Haweswater in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
Before Holy Trinity Church at Mardale got its own cemetry, the dead had to be carried from Mardale, over the tops to Swindale Head, and then on to Shap for burial. The last body to be carried along the Corpse Road was John Holme in 1736.
The hamlet of Mardale Green was flooded in the 1930's when the reservoir was built.
Haweswater in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A view of Haweswater Reservoir from the Old Corpse Road that was used to carry the dead from Mardale, over the tops to Swindale Head and then on to Shap for burial.
A glimpse of Haweswater from a cairn on the Old Corpse Road that ran from Mardale, via Swindale, to Shap in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Riggindale and Kidsty Pike can be seen in the background with Eagle Crag on the ridge to the left of the photo.
Stone built peat cutters' huts on the Old Corpse Road above Haweswater in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Before Holy Trinity Church in Mardale Green got its own cemetry, the dead had to be carried from Mardale, over the tops to Swindale Head, and then on to Shap for burial. The last body to be carried along the Corpse Road was John Holme in 1736.
The hamlet of Mardale Green was flooded in the 1930s when the reservoir was built. It lay at the head of the valley, behind the huts in the photo.
A water smoot at Haweswater in the Lake District, Cumbria.
This water 'smoot' (Cumbria / Yorkshire dialect) allows a small feeder stream to enter Haweswater by flowing under a dry stone wall.
Mardale Burial Ground, St Michael's Church, Shap in Cumbria.
Holy Trinity Church at Mardale only got its own cemetry in the 1700s. Prior to that, bodies had to be carried over the fells to Shap for burial. With the flooding of the valley in the 1930s, all the bodies that had been buried at Holy Trinity Church were exhumed and moved to new burial grounds. One hundred and four bodies were moved to this site at St Michael's Church in Shap.
It was in 1919, that the people of Mardale Green learnt that Manchester Water Corporation had just secured the long awaited Haweswater Act, a compulsory purchase agreement of the day, which granted them permission to build a dam and drown the hamlet.
Mist and rain over Blea Water as seen from Rough Crag on the descent from High Street in the Lake District, Cumbria.
At a depth of around 63 metres, Blea Water is the deepest tarn in the Lake District.
Mardale Head, Haweswater Reservoir in the Lake District, Cumbria.
In 1919, the people of Mardale Green learnt that Manchester Water Corporation had just secured the long awaited Haweswater Act, a compulsory purchase agreement of the day, which granted them permission to build a dam and drown the hamlet. In dry weather, when the water level of the reservoir is very low, the remains of walls from the abandoned hamlet can be seen.
Haweswater from Mardale Head, Bampton near Shap in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The remains of two broken stone walls that once bordered Mardale Old Road disappear beneath the waters of Haweswater. In 1919, the people of Mardale Green learnt that Manchester Water Corporation had just secured the long awaited Haweswater Act, a compulsory purchase agreement of the day, which granted them permission to build a dam and drown the hamlet. It is said that not a penny was paid in compensation to the folks who lost their homes and livelihoods.
Low cloud over Riggindale in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Ahead is the ridge of High Street and to the right, Kidsty Pike.
Waterfall on Riggindale Beck above Haweswater Reservoir in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.