Cumbria Collection

Newby Bridge, Lake District, Cumbria - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

England / Ulverston
The town centre at Ulverston, Cumbria, a market town a few miles south of the English Lake District

Road to Blencathra
A glimpse of the rocku track leading up to Blencathra (Saddleback), from Gategill, near Keswick, Cumbria, England. Date: 1960s

Market Street, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria
Market Street, Kirkby Stephen, near Kendal, Cumbria, England. Showing the Black Bull Hotel Date: 1910s

Shamrock V races
The first appearance in a race by the Shamrock V, Sir Thomas Liptons Americas Cup challenger in 1930. The Shamrock V is seen here in the foreground, alongside Lord Camroses Cambria

Millom & Black Combe, England
Millom & Black Combe, near Ulverston, Cumbria, England. Date: 1920s

Marketplace - Penrith, Cumbria Date: 1915

Lawn Terrace, Silloth, Cumbria. Date: circa 1910

Maryport, Cumbria - Flimby
Flimby, Borough of Allerdale, Maryport, Cumbria. Date: 1905

Cartmel Village
The village of Cartmel Date: 1950s

The Village, Gilsland, Cumbria
The Village, Gilsland, Brampton, near Greenhead, Cumbria, England. Date: 1930s

Britannia Inn, Langdale Valley, Cumbria
Britannia Inn, Langdale Valley, Elterwater, near Ambleside, Cumbria, England. Date: 1950s

Devonshire Dock - Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria Date: circa 1910s

A Lakeland Dalesman, Cumbria
A Lakeland Dalesman bringing home a sickly ewe, Cumbria Date: 1936

Napes Needle
Rock climbers larking about on Napes Needle, Great Gable, Lake District, Cumbria, England. Date: 1950s

Shepherd with sheep, horse and dog
A delightful scene on a country track in Cumbria showing a lakeland shepherd carrying home a lame member of his flock, accompanied by his trusty hound and a fine white horse

Appleby Castle, Westmld
Appleby Castle, Westmoreland (now Cumbria) : the keep, seen on the right, dates from the 12th century

Tarn Hows, Lake District, Cumbria
View of Tarn Hows, Lake District, Cumbria. 1960s

Cumbria Ramblers
Three ramblers stop to admire the view of the Newlands Valley, Cumbria, England, with the peaks of Hindscarth and Robinson Fell towering impressively above the valley. Date: 1930s

Calder Hall Power Stn
Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, Cumbria, England, Britains first, it opened in 1956. The first in the world to produce electricity on a commercial scale. Closed 2003

Hugh Walpole / Postcard
SIR HUGH SEYMOUR WALPOLE English novelist with his wire-hired fox terrier Bingo, in the garden of their home at Keswick, Cumbria

Coniston Hills, Cumbria viewed from Morecambe (across Morecambe Bay). Date: circa 1910s

The Railway Station, Port Carlisle, Cumbria
The Railway Station, Port Carlisle, Wigton, Cumbria, England. Showing a Horse Drawn Dandy Car - Built by the North British Railway Date: 1900s

Grasmere Rush Festival
The Rush Bearing Festival at Grasmere, Lake District, England. Church floors were earthen and rushes were strewn on the floor for warmth. Held on St. Oswalds Day. Date: 1950s

Windermere tourism booklet
Front cover of a guide book covering the Windermere area of the Lake District in Cumbria at a time when walking and rambling in the countryside was very popular

Athletic Sports at Grasmere - The Guides Race
The Guides Race at Grasmere showing the plucky runners rounding the flag on Silver Howe - a particularly precarious part of the course. The winner was R. Lancaster who won the race four times in all

View of Derwentwater from Friars Crag, Lake District, Cumbria, England

Castlerigg Stone Circle near Keswick and Helvellyn
Castlerigg Stone Circle near Keswick and view towards Helvellyn - Cumbria, England Date: 1908

Fox Hunting party, Newlands, Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria
A spectacular real photographic postcard showing a Fox Hunting party at Newlands, Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, standing on the edge of a dramatic valley. Date: circa 1920s

Furness Abbey, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
View of the ruins of Furness Abbey (Cistercian), Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Date: 1882

Settle to Carlisle Railway Tunnel, Baron Wood, Cumbria
Settle to Carlisle Railway Tunnel, Baron Wood, Armathwaite, Cumbria, England. Date: 1970s

Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria
Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, near Ingleton, Cumbria, England. Showing the Royal Hotel Date: 1920

Bigger Bank, Walney Island, Cumbria
Bigger Bank, Walney Island, near Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Showing the Pavilion Date: 1903

The Village, Brampton, Cumbria, England. Date: 1905

Dufton Pike, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, England. Date: 1920s

The Old Bridge House, Ambleside, Cumbria
The Old Bridge House, Ambleside, near Lake Windermere, Cumbria, England. Date: 1950s

The Village, Dearham, Cumbria
The Village, Dearham, near Netherton, Cumbria, England. Date: 1930s

Keswick, Cumbria - The Skiddaw Temperance Hotel
The English Lakes - The Skiddaw Temperance Hotel, Keswick - J. Gillespie, Proprietor. " Lighted throughout by electricity". Date: circa 1909

Village of Pooley Bridge, River Eamont, Cumbria
Pooley Bridge, a village in the Eden District of the northwestern English county of Cumbria, which takes its name from the bridge over the River Eamont at the northern end of Ullswater. Date: 1906

Messrs Vickers Iron Foundry - Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Date: circa 1910s

Permian landscape

England / Appleby
A corner of Boroughgate, in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, England. Date: 1950s

Coniston Copper Mine Lake District Victorian period Date: 19th century

Alston, Cumbria, England, within the civil parish of Alston Moor on the River South Tyne. Date: 1904

Promenade Rock Garden, Grange over Sands, Morecambe Bay, Cumbria - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Pow Street, Workington, Cumbria, UK
Scene in Pow Street, Workington, Cumbria, UK. circa 1910s

The coast at Siloth, Cumbria, England at low water. The view looks across the Solway Firth to Dumfries and Galloway in SW Scotland. Criffel Hill is reflected in the water. Date: 2011

Fishing in River Kent near Kendal, Lake District, Cumbria
Fishing in the River Kent near Kendal, Lake District, Cumbria. Date: 1960s

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