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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
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          • Churches + Chapels
          • Lime Kilns
          • Bank Barns, Field Barns and Spinning Galleries
          • Traditional Buildings
          • I-Spy Traditional Buildings
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          • Early Tourism
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          • 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"
  • About Us
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    • Home
    • Ullswater Way
    • Heritage Trail
    • Talks
    • Heritage Knowledge Bank
      • 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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Forgotten Rainforests of Ullswater

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Upland Peat Bogs

Fungi

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Nature Notes - Flora

Hay Meadows

Red Squirrels

Hedges and Hedge-laying

Ullswater Catchment Management

Changes in Bird Populations

The Swan Man

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