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        • Kingdoms and Norse
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        • A Sort of National Property
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          • Shepherd's Year
          • Matterdale's Farming History
          • Regenerative Farming
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          • Dry-stone walls around Ullswater
          • Hay Meadows
          • Fell Ponies at Gowbarrow Park
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        • Ullswater Fish and Fisheries
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          • Riches from the Rocks
          • Greenside Lead Mine, Glenridding
          • The Process of Mining Lead
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          • Growing Glenridding
          • Child Employment at Greenside Lead Mine
          • Fortunes at Greenside 1825 - 1962
          • Mines and Quarries in the Ullswater Valley
          • Mining in Cumbria
          • Day in the Life of a Miner
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          • Lime Kilns
          • Bank Barns, Field Barns and Spinning Galleries
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          • Pack horse routes
          • Ullswater Steamers
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          • Patterdale Postmen and Women
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          • Ullswater Yacht Club
          • Birkett Memorial Trophy
          • King George V field
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          • Scuba diving
        • Ullswater Foxhounds
        • Uncovering the Past
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          • Researching Local history
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          • Lady Anne Clifford
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          • Lyulph Tower and poems
          • Glencoyne Park
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        • The Big Freeze
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        • Myles Martindale
        • Butterflies and Moths
        • Ellen Sinclair at Patterdale PO
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      • Geology
        • Helvellyn
      • Water
        • Ullswater - the Lake
        • Storm Desmond
        • Saving the lake
        • Military low-flying over Ullswater
        • Goldrill Beck + Riverlands Project
      • Habitats and wildlife
        • Upland Peat Bogs
        • Hedges and Hedge-laying
        • Birds
        • Changes in Bird Populations
        • Swan Man
        • NN Flora
        • NN Mammals
        • Fungi
        • Upland Habitats
        • Ullswater's Rainforests
      • Conservation
        • Red Squirrel Group
        • Ullswater Catchment Management CIC
        • Wild Lakeland
        • Friends of the Lake District
        • Dark Skies
        • Glenridding Common
        • Grisedale Beck
    • Inspired by Ullswater
      • Countrystride
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      • William and Dorothy Wordsworth
      • Artists of Today
      • Will's poem "Pooley Bridge"
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    • Ullswater Way
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      • History Contents
        • History by Period
          • Farmers and Stone Circles
          • Celts
          • Kingdoms and Norse
          • Churches + Parishes
          • Border Troubles
          • Yeoman Farmers
          • Mines and Mills
          • The Early Tourists
          • A Sort of National Property
        • History by Theme
          • Farming
            • Farming through the ages
            • Shepherd's Year
            • Matterdale's Farming History
            • Regenerative Farming
            • Herdwicks
            • Dry-stone walls around Ullswater
            • Hay Meadows
            • Fell Ponies at Gowbarrow Park
            • Common Land
          • Ullswater Fish and Fisheries
          • Mining and Quarrying
            • Riches from the Rocks
            • Greenside Lead Mine, Glenridding
            • The Process of Mining Lead
            • Mine Workers Lives at Greenside
            • Growing Glenridding
            • Child Employment at Greenside Lead Mine
            • Fortunes at Greenside 1825 - 1962
            • Mines and Quarries in the Ullswater Valley
            • Mining in Cumbria
            • Day in the Life of a Miner
          • Buildings
            • Churches + Chapels
            • Lime Kilns
            • Bank Barns, Field Barns and Spinning Galleries
            • Traditional Buildings
            • I-Spy Traditional Buildings
          • Tourism contents
            • Early Tourism
          • Transport contents
            • Transport then and now
            • Pack horse routes
            • Ullswater Steamers
          • Services
            • Patterdale Mountain Rescue
            • Fell Top Assessors
            • Patterdale Postmen and Women
          • Sports and Pastimes contents
            • Patt Chron Sports and Pastimes
            • Ullswater Yacht Club
            • Birkett Memorial Trophy
            • King George V field
            • Patterdale Dog Day
            • Scuba diving
          • Ullswater Foxhounds
          • Uncovering the Past
            • Maps
            • Place Names
            • Researching Local history
        • History by Place
          • Pooley Bridge
            • Education in Pooley Bridge
            • Pooley Bridge bridge
          • Patterdale
            • Patterdale Hall
            • Rock Art
            • Grisedale
          • Matterdale and Watermillock
          • Dacre and Stainton
            • Dalemain
            • Marmalade Festival
            • Lady Anne Clifford
            • St John's Kirk
          • Aira and Glencoyne
            • Lyulph and Follies
            • Aira Force and Early Tourists
            • Aira Force and the National Trust
            • Lyulph Tower and poems
            • Glencoyne Park
          • Lowther and Askham
        • Memories
          • The Big Freeze
          • Village Life 100 years ago
          • Myles Martindale
          • Butterflies and Moths
          • Ellen Sinclair at Patterdale PO
      • Landscape Contents
        • Geology
          • Helvellyn
        • Water
          • Ullswater - the Lake
          • Storm Desmond
          • Saving the lake
          • Military low-flying over Ullswater
          • Goldrill Beck + Riverlands Project
        • Habitats and wildlife
          • Upland Peat Bogs
          • Hedges and Hedge-laying
          • Birds
          • Changes in Bird Populations
          • Swan Man
          • NN Flora
          • NN Mammals
          • Fungi
          • Upland Habitats
          • Ullswater's Rainforests
        • Conservation
          • Red Squirrel Group
          • Ullswater Catchment Management CIC
          • Wild Lakeland
          • Friends of the Lake District
          • Dark Skies
          • Glenridding Common
          • Grisedale Beck
      • Inspired by Ullswater
        • Countrystride
        • Photo Slide Shows
        • William and Dorothy Wordsworth
        • Artists of Today
        • Will's poem "Pooley Bridge"
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Landscape

Geology

Geology of the Ullswater Valley

Helvellyn

Water

Ullswater - the Lake

Ullswater Fish and Fisheries

Storm Desmond

Ullswater Steamers

How the Lake was Saved - the story of Lord Birkett and the Ullswater Preservation Society

Military low-flying over Ullswater

Hydropower

Goldrill Beck and the Ullswater Riverlands Project

Ullswater Catchment Management CIC

Grisedale Beck Restoration Project

Habitats + Wildlife

Hedges and Hedge-laying

Hay Meadows

Upland Peat Bogs

Forgotten Rainforests of Ullswater

Fungi

Nature Notes - Flora

Bird walks in Patterdale

Nature Notes - Mammals

The Swan Man

Conservation

Penrith and District Red Squirrel Group

Ullswater Catchment Management CIC

Wild Lakeland

Glenridding Common and the John Muir Trust

Friends of the Lake District

Saving the Lake

Regenerative Farming

Dark Skies

Goldrill Beck and Riverlands Project

Grisedale Beck Restoration Project

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