Recommended Books for the visitor to Cumbria

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The Rough Guide to the Lake District
The Rough Guide to the Lake District
Lake District (Collins Rambler
Lake District (Collins Rambler's Guides
A-Z Lake District Visitors Map The Border Reivers: Visitors Edition...
The Border Reivers: Visitors Edition...
Alston and Allendale in the North Pennines Haltwhistle and Brampton, Bewcastle & Alston (Landranger Maps) Walks with Children in the Lake District: Ambleside and Grasmere
Walks with Children in the Lake District: Ambleside and Grasmere
Penrith and Keswick, Ambleside (Landranger Maps)
Penrith and Keswick, Ambleside (Landranger Maps)
Walks Around Ambleside (Dalesman Walks Around S.) Ambleside Remembered: People and Places, Past and Present Lakeland Fells: Ambleside and the South Appleby-in-Westmorland (Landranger Maps)
Appleby-in-Westmorland (Landranger Maps)
Pennine Cycleway - North: The Official Route Map and Guide Appleby-in-Westmorland: An Historic Town Guide Appleby at War: Life in the County Town of Westmorland During Wo Barrow-in-Furness and South Lakeland (Landranger Maps)
Barrow-in-Furness and South Lakeland (Landranger Maps)
Barrow-in-Furness (Changing Times)
Barrow-in-Furness (Changing Times)
The Furness Railway in and Around Barrow Bassenthwaite Lake National Nature Reserve Management Plan A Year of Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite
Haltwhistle and Brampton, Bewcastle and Alston (Landranger Maps)
Haltwhistle and Brampton, Bewcastle and Alston (Landranger Maps)
Bewcastle and Old Penrith: A Roman Outpost Fort and a Frontier C Geology of the Country Around Bewcastle Birdoswald, Bewcastle and Castleheads in the days of the Romans
Roman Bath House at Bewcastle Walks Around Windermere Kendal and Morecambe: Windermere and Lancaster (Landranger Maps) The Kendal and Windermere Railway
Francis Frith
Francis Frith's Around Lake Windermere
Kendal and Windermere
Kendal and Windermere
Country Walks Around Kendal
Country Walks Around Kendal
Kendal Past and Present
The Pennine Cycleway: Northern Section Brampton, Old and New
Brampton, Old and New
Brampton Parish Landscape and Natural History Strong Lad Wanted for Strong Lass: Growing Up in Carlisle
Settle to Carlisle: Linking the Stations of the Famous Railway Roman Carlisle and the Lands of the Solway
Roman Carlisle and the Lands of the Solway
Memories of Carlisle
Memories of Carlisle
Carlisle, Brampton, Longtown and Gretna Green (Explorer Maps)
Carlisle, Brampton, Longtown and Gretna Green (Explorer Maps)
Full Colour Street Map of Carlisle & City Centre
Full Colour Street Map of Carlisle & City Centre
Francis Frith
Francis Frith's Furness and Cartmel Peninsulas
Cartmel People and Priory Monasteries of Cumbria: Cartmel
The Track of the Ironmasters: A History of the Cleator and Worki Cleator Moor: Revealed - An Illustrated History Full Colour Street Map of Whitehaven: Egremont, Seascale, Cleato
Full Colour Street Map of Whitehaven: Egremont, Seascale, Cleato
West Cumbria, Cockermouth and Wast Water (Landranger Maps)
Rails Through Lakeland
Rails Through Lakeland
The Team: The Story of Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team Cockermouth,a History and Guide Bradbury's History of Cockermouth
The Coniston Tigers: Seventy Years of Mountain Adventure
The Coniston Tigers: Seventy Years of Mountain Adventure
Coniston Copper Mines: A Field Guide Donald Campbell: The Man Behind the Mask
Donald Campbell: The Man Behind the Mask
Leap into Legend: Donald Campbell
Leap into Legend: Donald Campbell
Walks with Children in the Lake District Whitehaven and Workington: Cockermouth and Egremont (Explorer S. Hawick and Eskdale, Langholm (Landranger Maps) Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
Ratty: a History of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
Ratty: a History of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
Eskdale: Short Scenic Walks Whitehaven Street Guide Sugden's History of Arlecdon and Frizington
Full Colour Street Map
Full Colour Street Map
Grange Over Sands: A Resort and Its Railway Francis Frith
Francis Frith's Grange-over-Sands
Heart Jewel: The Essential Practices of Kadampa Buddhism
Heart Jewel: The Essential Practices of Kadampa Buddhism
The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals
The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals
Dove Cottage Fifteen Walks from Ambleside and Grasmere Walks Around Coniston: Hawkshead, Grizedale and Far Sawry
Windermere Street Guide Beatrix Potter: At Home in the Lake District
Beatrix Potter: At Home in the Lake District
Lakeland Fells: Keswick and the North Kirkby Lonsdale in Old Photographs
Full Colour Street Map of Kendal
Full Colour Street Map of Kendal
Old Kirkby Lonsdale: And the Rainbow Parish
Old Kirkby Lonsdale: And the Rainbow Parish
Full Colour Street Map of Penrith
Full Colour Street Map of Penrith
History of Kirkby Stephen
A Year in the Life of Langdale Valley
A Year in the Life of Langdale Valley
Tales of a Lakeland Valley: Langdale
Tales of a Lakeland Valley: Langdale
Ambleside and Langdale: Short Scenic Walks Coniston and Langdale: a Hill-walker's Guide
Brantwood: John Ruskin's Home Walks Around Windermere: Kendal, Sawry and Newby Bridge Pathfinder Maps: Broughton-in-Furness and Newby Bridge Penrith: A Historical Record in Photographs
Carlisle & Penrith Local Red Book History and Traditions of Ravenstonedale,Westmorland Gilbertines and Ravenstonedale Solway Firth, Wigton and Silloth (Explorer Maps)
Solway Firth, Wigton and Silloth (Explorer Maps)
Solway Steam: Story of the Silloth and Port Carlisle Railways Coast to Coast (West): St Bees to Keld (Route Maps) Coast to Coast Walk: St.Bees to Swaledale Old St Bees
Old St Bees
Reflections on Ullswater
Reflections on Ullswater
Walks with Children in the Lake District: Around Ullswater Bear's-eye View of Lakeland: Troutbeck to Ullswater Old Ulverston
Old Ulverston
Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy
Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy
Mr.Laurel and Mr.Hardy: An Affectionate Biography Old Wigton
Old Wigton
Workington (Images of England S)
Workington (Images of England S)
Sea to Sea Cycle Route: Whitehaven/Workington to Sunderland/Newc Whitehaven and Workington (Explorer S.)   
Gardens of England and Wales
Gardens of England and Wales
Michelin Red Guide: Great Britain and...
Michelin Red Guide: Great Britain and...
Everything You Didn't Need to Know About...
Everything You Didn't Need to Know About...
The Rough Guide to England (Rough Guides)
A History of Britain
A History of Britain
The Good Pub Guide
The Good Pub Guide
Dog Friendly
Dog Friendly
Notes from a Small Island
Notes from a Small Island
The Good Food Guide
The Good Food Guide
A-Z Great Britain: Handy Road Atlas
A-Z Great Britain: Handy Road Atlas
Good Hotel Guide Great Britain and...
Good Hotel Guide Great Britain and...
Days Out UK 2003
Days Out UK 2003
AA the Hotel Guide
AA the Hotel Guide
Michelin Red Guide: Great Britain and...
Michelin Red Guide: Great Britain and...
The Good Bed and Breakfast Guide
The Good Bed and Breakfast Guide
The Ultimate Guide to Romantic Hotels
The Ultimate Guide to Romantic Hotels
 

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A Picture of Britain
A Picture of Britain
Ashes Fever
Ashes Fever
Coast
Coast
Churchill
Churchill

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Football is not a matter of Life and Death - its far more important than that - Bill Shankly
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On this day:
Execution of Catherine Howard - 1542, William and Mary proclaimed joint sovereigns - 1689, Massacre of Glencoe - 1692, Suffragettes Storm Westminster - 1907
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