Exam prep 2023
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| when was the lake district national park created | 1951
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| name 3 buildings owned by the National trust outside the lake district | Dalton Castle Wordsworth house sizeargh castle and acorn bank
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| what is the electronic tactics range and missile trial base in Cumbria called | RAF Spadeadam
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| what the the adventure place called at Honister pass | via ferrata
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| what is the name of thr airport in Cumbria | Carlisle Lake District Airport
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| how much of the YDNP is in Cumbria | 28%
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| who was imprisoned in Workington castle in 1561 | Mary Queen of Scots
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| where can you have a tour of a distillery | Bassenthwaite - lakes distillery
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| who design Broadleys | CFA Voysey
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| who designed blackwell | Hugh Mackay Baillie Scott
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| where is the Cumbria Record Office | Lady Clifford House in Carlisle
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| where is the Bowder stone | borrowdale
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| what is the LDNP Logo | wastwater lake with Yewbarrow fell on LHS Great Gable mountain centre and Lingmell fell on RHS
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| who owned Belle Isle windermere | The curwen family
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| where does the coast to coast start | st Bees
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| name 3 gardens owned by the NT | Stagshaw Gardens sizearg, allan bank; hill top, High Close estate -arboretum
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| which running challenge was named after a hotelier in Keswick | Bob Graham Round - he did 42 fells in 24 hours in 1932
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| who owns Brokehole visitor centre | LDNP
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| where were the illustrations based for Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter | Lingholm
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| how old is the monument on carrock fell | iron age
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| name 3 local sport events held at Grasmere Show every year | Guides race long leap, flat race fell running, cable tossing and wrestling
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| which sportsman grew up in cockermouth | Ben stokes
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| which sportsman went to sedbergh school | will carling
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| where did Hugh walpole live | brackenburn
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| what is the name of the mill in carlisle | shaddon Mill dixons Chimney
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| name the rivers that flow through Carlisle | caldew eden pettril
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| which festival is at Dalemain House | marmalade festival held May each year
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| where is a castle associated with King Arthur located | pendragon castle is in Mallerstang but there is questions that carlisle castle could be camlan.
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| who painted a picture of Buttermere and Crummockwater | JMW Turner 1798
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| who lived at Greta Hall> | Robert Southey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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| name the 3 flowers on the cumbria coat of arms | Grass of Parnassus, white rose and red rose
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| who makes cumberland sausgae | W B Woodall of Waberthwaite PGI product of geographical Indication
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| what is product of designated indication and name one | a product that has been agreed by EU and UKGovt that can only be produced in a certain area Herdwick sheep Hoggett
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| who painted the town steps in Maryport | LS Lowry
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| what is the legendry animal associated with croglin | a vampire
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| where did Mary Robinson live and where is she buried | lived Fish Inn Buttermere and buried at St Kentigern Calbeck
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| where is an osprey safari | esthwaite water
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| where are vultures care for | Muncaster Castle
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| what are the 18th C view points called and who wrote a book about this name 2 | Viewing stations are the 21 stations described by Thomas West in his Guides to the Lakes of Cumberland Westmorland and Lancashire 2 inc Claife Viewing station and Friars crag.
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| what does the norse work for Thwaite mean | clearing in a woodland
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| where is Talkin Tarn Country Park | Near Brampton Carlisle
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| name the TB place near Keswick | Blencathra Sanitorium
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| where can visitors NOT swim in the Lakes | Thirlmere, Haweswater and Ennerdale
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| which jacobean house is now a museum | Tullie House Museum and art gallery
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| name a stained glass artist in cumbria and a church | Christine Boyce St Georges Millom Henry Holiday Casterton and Edward Burne Jones St Marys Ambleside St Martibns Brampton
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| which town in Cumbria had the largest steel and Iron Industry in the world 19thC | Barrow
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| Name 2 men involved in the steel industry in Barrow | Henry Schneider and John Ramsden
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| what is the 40 mile running event in cumbria | Keswick to Barrow Challenge K2B sponsored fund raising challenge teams of 4-12 enter each May 20 shorter one 21.1miles is the Coniston to Barrow challenge C2B
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| where did WG Collingwood live | Lane Head he wrote the Lake Counties book 1902 founded the Lake Arts society 1904 which still exhibits every August in Grasmere also wrote Thorstein of the Mere - a saga of Northman in the lakes
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| which trees die back and are suffering | larch ash horsechestnut and oak (HOLA)
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| when was citadel station built in carlisle | 1847
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| what fish are only found in Red Tarn, Haweswater and Brothers water (RTHB) | schelly
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| give an example of a limestone pavement in Cumbria | Hutton Roof Crags
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| name the show most associated with Herdwick sheep | Eskdale show in September
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| when did wordsworth Grasmere open | 2021
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| where is the painting of the gower family by George Romney kept | Abbot hall
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| where is Arthur Ransome buried | St Pauls Rusland
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| who wrote the translation of the Rubayat of omar khan | Edward Fitzgerald
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| who created M sport and where is it based | Malcom Wilson Motor engineering co rally and racing driving team Dovenby Hall in cockermouth
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| which garden is run by volunteers in cumbria | Holehird Gardens Windermere by the lake District Horticultural Society
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| which 18th C mutineer was born in Eaglesfield | Fletcher Christian
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| name a fragmented ancient forest in cumbria | Keskerdale Birkrigg newlands valley
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| which river meets the sea in Maryport | R Ellen
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| what nicknames has Ravenglass and Eskdale railway had | owd ratty when it was 3ft gauge and now 15" gauge its La'al ratty
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| where is Napes Needle | on Great Gable
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| what is the population of LDNP in 2021 | 40500
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| where is the HQ for Derwent Pencils | workington first created 1832 (Banks son and co) then 1916 chaned to Cumberland Pencil co now derwent
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| name working farm owned by national trust that you can visit | Yew Tree Farm Hawkshead Townhead Troutbeck is a museum
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| what is the identifier of a sheep | smit mark
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| which country house served the location for Jane Eyre | Dalemain
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| name the gardens at Brantwood | zig zaggy, high walk, hortis inclusus, trellis walk, Fern garden, moorland garden Professors garden and the harbour walk
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| which boat owned by Collingwood did Arthur Ransome teach Dora to sail in | Swallow (Jumping Jenny was J Ruskins Boat)
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| name the 4 walker children in Swallows and Amazons | John Susan Roger and Titty (altounyan children dora married Ernest Altounyan)
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| name the 2 blackett children | nancy peggy
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| who was involved in the Russian Revolution | Arthur Ransom (m Trotsky's secretary Evgenia thought of as a spy)
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| what boat was captain flints boat based in swallows and amazons | esperanza boat owned by H Schneider (gondola)
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| which mountain was Katchumanga based on in swallowdale | Coniston Old Man (Peel island was wild cat island)
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| what mineral was worked in coniston fells | copper and slate
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| whose family lived at Holbrook Hall now demolished. Made their wealth by tobacco from Virginai when imported via whitehaven | Lutwidge family pub named Lutwidge Inn (where) LC visited in 1870s
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| where is Hugh Walpole Buried | Crosthwaite St Kentigern Keswick
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| where did Hugh Walpole live and what is he famous for | writer Herries saga lived Brackenburn
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| where are Hugh Walpoles papers kept and what do they include | Keswick Museum diaries and manuscripts
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| where was Beatrix Potter born and when | s Kensington 1866
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| where did she meet Hardwicke Rawsley and when | Wray Castle in 1882
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| when was her first book published? what was it and by whom | 1901 Peter Rabbit herself (then Frederick warne and son in 1902)
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| when did Beatrix potter but hilltop | 1905
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| did she marry? | William Heelis 1931 name of NT HQ in Swindon is called Heelis House
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| where did they live | Castle Cottage
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| which building was Jemima puddleduck based on | Tower Bank Inn
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| who was born at 14 st Georges Terrace Millom | Norman Nicholson
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| name 2 of his poems | sea to the west, gernaium pot, Rock face known as geologists poet
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| what play did N Nicholson write | old man of the mountains
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| which author was born in Carlisle | Margaret Forster Georgey girl
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| what did she write | biogarphies of Eluzabeth Barrett Browning and Daphne Du Maurier
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| who was she married to | Hunter Davies died 2022
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| what did he write | The beatles Alfred Wainwirght and ghostwriter and journalist
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| where is Postman Pat stories based and what is the fictional name | Kendal and Longsleddale Greendale
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| who wrote this and what else is he famous for | John Cunliffe teacher radio Rosie and Jim
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| who is associated with Wigton | Lord Melvyn Bragg of Wigton
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| what is he famous for | writer Maid of Buttermere credo, broadcaster in out time Radio/ southbank show
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| name a cumbrian wine critic | Jancis robinson
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| which personality when to carlisle grammar | Eric Robson - chairman of wainright soc author documentary maker TV broadcaster sheepfarmer lived Cragg Farm wasdale/ chairman for BBC gardeners questiontime first Great railway JourneysChairman of Cumbria Tourism and depouty lieutenant Cumbria OBE 2021
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| name 2 books written by James rebanks | English Pastoral and shepherds life
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| name a book written by Martin Edwards | coffin trail
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| name the diesel steamers owned by windermere lake cruises | teal tern swan and swift (TTSS)
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| where is windoermere lake cruises HQ | Bowness baots maintained at Lakeside
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| who owned windermere lake cruises in 1970s and what was it called | British Rail Windermere sealink
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| how many smaller launches do they own | 13
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| what was the name of the first steam boat | Raven steam barge cargo ship delivering for houses and hotels and ice breaker in wintere
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| where is Raven now | windermere Jetty musem
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| name the 3 colour coded trips | yellow Bowness to Lakeside/ red ambleside to bowness and
green Bowness to brockholes summer only
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| how long has there been a ferry crossing on windermere and where does it go from to | 500 years Ferry nab to Near swary
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| what is the ferry called | Mallard
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| how much does it cost to cross the lake | £5 car £2 passenger total 18 cars and 100 foot passenger
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| which local painter was patronised by Sir George Beaumont and a pupil of JMW Turner | Thomas Girton
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| where is there a natural spa in Cumbria | Gilsland Spa
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| where can damsons be found in Cumbria | Lyth Valley
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| where is the Hwkshead brewery based | Staveley business park
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| name 3 restuarants with at least one michelin star | Old Stamp House Ambleside, Lenclume Cartmel, Rogan and Co Cartmel, Allium Askham,
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| Name a ramsar site in Cumbria | Solway Marshes
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| name a location where chisttians gather | Keswick
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| name a park owned by National trust | Fellfoot park all england stone skimming championships august watersports centre cafe and walks
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| who defined the geology of the dent valley | Adam sedgewick
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| name 3 areas where granite outcrops | eskdale snnerdale and shap
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| which queen is associated with kendal; | catherine Parr
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| who lived for a time in Silloth | Kathleen Ferrier
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| name the red caves created ob=ver the River edene and who created them | Laveys caves series of caves near Salked created by LColonel Samuel Lacey to entertain - he tried to blow up long Meg
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| who owed money to Willaim Wordswoth | 1st earl of Lonsdale- wicked Jimmy
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| who was George Romney apprenticed to | Christopher steele
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| where was Tommy filmed in Cumbria and who directed it | Borrowdale Ken Russell
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| name where go ape is in Cumbria | Whinlatter forest and Grizedale Forest
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| where is the biggest silver fir in england | Dalemain also Himalayan poppies
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| which national trust property is located at shap | Keld chapel
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| how many books on the fells did AW write | series originlly 7
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| name 2 properties with epele towers | Hutton in the forest sizeargh askham dalemain
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| where are the terrible knitter from | Dent
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| who called them terrible | R Southey thought they were terriby good
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| name 2 forestry engkland woods in cumbria | Grizedale and whinlatter
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| name 2 aonbs in Cumbia | north pennines , Solway Coast and A and silverdale
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| what is the geology of cross fell | limestone
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| what is the English name of banna today | Birdoswald
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| what is theEnglsih name of fanum cocidi | bewcastle
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| what is the Roman name of brougham castle | brocavum
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| what is the Roman name of brough castle | vertarae
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| what is the name of Romanravenglass | Glanoventa
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| what is the english name of Maia | Bowness on solway
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| what is the name of Roman Burgh by sands | abavalla
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| what is the roman name of carlisle | luguvallium
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| what is the roman name of castlesteads | uxellodunum
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| what is the roman name of maryport | Alauna
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| what is the English name of Epiacum | whitley castle
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| what is the english name of bravoiacum | Kirkby Thore
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| what is the roman name of Drumburgh | Congovata
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| who was boorn in Ulverson in 1883 | Lord Birkett Ullswater Yacht Club Named Birkett cup after him
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| where is the adam sedhgewick trail | along river clough dentdale
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| who stayed at Red Flag Inn as a child | Jonathan Swift
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| who is the 8th count della catina | Henry Hornyold Strickland of Sizeargh Castle
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| who was born on Argyll street Ulverston | Arthur stanley Jefferson - stan laurel
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| who was born in aspatria | sheila fell
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| where did Thomas Clarkson live | eusmere pooley Bridge he became friends WW and STC and risked his life for abolition of slavery
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| how long is the Ullwater way | 20 miles along shoreline aira force and pooley bridge are highlights opened 2016
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| which sites are on the ullswater way | Glenridding Dacre- church (bears) and castle Pooley BridgeGlencoyne Bay (daffodils and aira force) sharrow bay Kirkstone pass 484m altitude A592/Patterdale AW favourite valley, watermillock Brotherswater-17thc 2 bros drowned Grisedale tarn-dunmail crown
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| any other sites on ullswater way not mentioned | lantys tarn red tarn-schelly fish
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| name 3 of the Ullswater heritage trail installations -12 | artists seat/Birkett Memorial/Clarkson Memorial/Dorothy's gate/Herwick stonesYan/patterdale parish memorial/poetry stone/Pooley Br Fish Mon/Roman seat/tree.fold.north/wainwright plaque patterdale/wainwright sitting st
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| which poet lived in Martindale in 1940s | Kathleen Raine poems night in Martindale and on leaving Ullswater
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| who lives in Caldbeck since 1974 | Chris Bonnington
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| who is the professor of adventure | Millican Dalton b 1897 former insurance clark died aged 79 bronchitis and heart attack lived in cave on side of castle crag borrowdale keswick
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| who was born in Workington in 1918 | Percy Kelly
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| who was born in Eaglesfield 1764 | Fletcher Christian
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| who attended Cockermouth free school | Fletcher Christian and later WW
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| who wrote scrennplays Debussy film and Always on a sunday for ken Russell | melvyn Bragg
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| who was the Butcher of Cumberland | William Augustus Duke of Cumberland 1721-1765 nickname for harsh suppression of the jacobite rebellion of 1745
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| where is the fort burrow walls | west coast of cumbria possibly magis seaton
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| what is the roman name for hardknott fort | medibogdum
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| what is the roman fort at Moresby called | gabosentum
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| what is the english name for old carlisle fort | Maglona
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| what is the english name for the fort Voreda | Penrith
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| what is the roman name for stanwix fort | Petriana
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| what is the english name for the fort at derventio | papcastle
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| troutbeck is famous for 2 things | townend farm and a roman fort
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| what is the english name for the fort at Bibra | Beckfoot
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| which vet beat the wainright 214 peak record 325 mile route 5 days 23 hours and 49 mins | Sabrina Verjee 2021 (female)
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| who broke the wainwright record scaling all 214 fells in 2022 | John Kelly in 5 a half days (male)
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| what festival is held at Holker hall in September each year | Holker Chill Festival
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| when is carlisle foodies festival | May each year
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| what is Penrith on a plate | eden food and farming festival in July ending with Penrith Agric show
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| where is sumbrias sausage festival held | Muncaster in May
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| name 3 towns where they have regular farmers markets | Brampton/Brough/Carlisle/Cartmel/ Cockermouth/Egremont/Kendal/Keswick/Orton/Penrith/Pooley Br/Sedbergh
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| who was born in Hesket Newmarket in 1929 | Eddie Stobart businessman agric business in 1970s- now haulage company
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| who was a well known naval commander in the American Revolutionary war known as the father of the American Navy | John Paul Jones a scot started his naval career at Whitehaven 13 aboard Friendship. eventually he returned in 1778 to attack whitehaven on ship Ranger abandoned it as unruly crew (drunk) and winds against them
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| which cumbrian writer wrote biogs on GK Chesterton and Cardinal Newman as well as poems | Michael Ffinch1934-1999 portrait of ravenstonedale and eden valley - portrait of penrith and east fellside portrait of westmorland
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| which Maryport man founded the oceanic Steam Navigation Co - white star line | Thomas Ismay - lived at Ropery son Joseph Bruce Ismay was MD of Titanic and survived the maiden voyage
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| who described westmoreland as inhospitable terror barren and bitter | Daniel defoe in 1700s
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| who toured the lakes in 1706 | John Constable
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| where were tank trials held during WW2 | Lowther castle
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| what is the geology of the howgills | sandstone siltstone and mudtone
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| name an craftsman that makes woodland crafts | owen Jones crake valley oask swill baskets cleft oak gates hurdles besom brooms, charcoasl, rush hats, willow framebaskets hazel beanpoles and peasticks
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| who designed windermere jetty musem | carmody Groarke
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| who design the Fratry Carlisle | feilden fowles
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| who designed the Jerwood centre ay Grasmere | benson and Forsyth and Napper Architects
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| where did harriet martineu live | The knoll ambleside
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| where is Cumbria tourism based | Staveley
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| who is the MD of cumbria Tourism | Gill Haighi
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| who is the chairman of Cumbria Toursim | Jim Walker -eric robson prev 2022
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| who is chair of the NT | Rene Olivieri 2022
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| who is regional director for the NT north | Mike Innerdale
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| who is the chair of the LDNPA | Tiffany Hunt MBE
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| who is the CEO of the LDNPA | Richard Leafe
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| name the MPs for cumbria 6 | Tim Farron Westmoreland and lonsdale and Simon Fell barrow and Furness and Trudy harrison Copeland Neil Hudson Penrith and Border Mark Jenkinson Workington and John Stevenson Carlisle
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| what is the height of Cross Fell | 2930ft
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| what is the height of Scafell Pike | 3210ft
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| what is the height of scafell | 3162ft (-48)
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| what is the height of helvellyn | 3114ft (-48)
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| what is the height of skiddaw | 3053ft (-62)
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| what are the names of the children in swallows and amazons | walker- john susan roger and titty
Blackett nancy and peggy
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| where is the words by the water festival held | theatre by the water Keswick derwentwater organised by ways with words not running 2023
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| what geographical feature is at dunmail raise | moraines
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| what is the legend of King Dunmail | last king of cumberland burried beneath cairn at Dunmail Raise 945- sep old counties of westmoreland and cumberland. his father was King Owain- gaint grave Penrith died at the hand of King Athelstan at Battle of Brunanburh in 937. Dunmail 's crown magica
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| where is King Dunmails Crown | king asked for it to be thrown in nearby Grizedale Tarn so wouldnt be taken by saxons or scots
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| where was the Trip filmed starring Rob Brydon and steve coogan | L'enclume and Holbeck Ghyll
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| which film had two out of work actors holidaying near shap | Withnail and I richard e Grant and paul McGann
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| which film with Michael Caine and Ben kingsley was filmed in Cumbria | without a clue
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| where was supernova filmed | cafe 66 A66 near Appleby
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| which filme was filmed in ennerdale | 28 days later- zombies
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| which film was filmed in langdale | snow white and the huntsman
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| where was peter rabbit filmed in part | Ambleside
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| which Hitchcock film was filmed at Langdale Chase Hotel | The Paradine case- langdale chase was Hindley hall
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| who wrote Stoklewath or the cumbrian Village | susannah Blamire 1747- 1794 poet born cumberland cardew Hall also somgs some set to music of Haydn. known as the Muse of Cumberland
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| where is the Lakes distillery | Bassenthwaite
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| what is made at R B Woodall in Waberthwaite | cumberland sausage
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| name 3 makers of kendal mint cake- who was the oldest | Quiggins oldest 1840, Romney and Wilson
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| wich restuarnat critic broadcaster and authornwas born in Carlisle | Grace Dent b1973 masterchef
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| which lakeland village is famous for shrimps and cockles | Flookburgh
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| what does Farrahs sell | farrahs of Kendal sell craft coffee and tea
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| who sponsors cumbria food awards | caterite
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| which is cumbrias highest waterfall | scale force partway up scale fell 170ft drop near Crummockwater
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| name 3 pele towers | Askhan dalemain and Great Urswick church
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| Name 3 places where rushbearing occurs | grasmere great urswick warcop ambleside
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| how long is the border between scotland and england | 96 miles not Hadrians wall - never formed the boundary entirely in England
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| which provinces did Hadrians wall form the boundary | Britannia and caledonia (ext to north for a period with Antonine wall)
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| which rivers form the boundary between cumbria and scotland | River Sark River Liddel and River esk
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| where are dark skies locations in cumbria? | wasdale grisedale Forest Borrowdale valley langdale valley ennerdale st bees beach friars crag dockray blea tarn little langdale whinlatter allan bank
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| which is the westernmost point in cumbria | St Bees Head
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| which rivers flow either side of barrow | duddon and levens
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| name the 3 rivers that flow to Raveglass | esk irt and mite to create estuary and natural harbour
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| what are the names of the engines are at la al ratty | river irt, river esk, river mite northern rock and whillan beck
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| where are there otters in cumber | ullswater, derwentwater and eden valley as well as longlands lake near Cleator
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| where is the tripoint for cumbria northumberland and scotland | NY561884 scotch Knowe in Kershope Forest
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| where is the 3 shires stone? | wrynose pass elterwater - also 3 shires pub in little langdale
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| where can you buy fresh milk from a vending machine | temon farm Bunkers Hill Penrith and midtown farm Caldbeck cows milk av proce £1 litre
mansergh farm KL sheep milk only 40 sheep farms in UK
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| list 3 agric collges in UK | Askham Bryan, e Durham College Barony campus
myerscough reaseheatg Newton Rigg closed
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| where is there a horticulture and dairy management college newly opened | Lowther Estate
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| which sheep is farmed at Mansergh and where is it from | Lacaune- southern france
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| which other sheep breed can be used fro milking | friesland
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| what grass crop is grown to feed sheep | rye grass vetch red clover chocory and plantain
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| name the meaning of the following (1) shippon (2)Tup (30 Hoggett (4)terminal sire (5) mule | (1) barn or animal shed (2) ram (3) sheep for meat between 1 and 2 years (4)ram used for breeding to produce offspring meat or help connect 2 breeds to improve quality of stock (5) specific cross breed
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| which notorious reiver escaped from Carlisle Castle during a daring rescue attempt by fellow reivers | Willaim Armstrong - Kinmont willie
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| Tullie house has ring signet with words was dare meddle wi mi to whom do these words refer | wee jock elliott
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| who made prolonged attacks from scotland on cumberland in 1297 | William Wallace
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| which king died at Carlisle castel and Burgh by Sands | David 1 and Edward I respectively
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| who led a failed siege at Carlisle Castle in 1315- tullie house has replica of his skull showing an axe wound and leprosy | Rober the Bruce
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| what was the special law that applied both sides of the border | Marche Law
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| which abbey paid the scots to spare ir in the great raid of 1322 | Furness
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| what was the name of the cumbrian battle where English forces defeated the scots in 1542 | Solway Moss
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| what is the scots dyke | defensive ditch
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| what are hobblers or bog trotters | horses used by reivers
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| where are the debateable lands | either side of the river eask ib the wester end of the border
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| give 2 examples of pele towers and what does pele mean | pele means strong Yanwath and Gt Salked Church lanercost priory -carlisle end
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| when did the border conflicts take place | 300 years from l 13thC to e 17thC
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| In 1525 the reivers had become such a nuisance that the Archbishop of Glasgow Gavin Dunbar put a curse on them condemning them to Hell. where is the cursing stone | under the walkway between Tullie House museum and the castle
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| why were reivers called the steel bonnets | because they wore steel helmets
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| where is Cumbrias best preserved viking cross | Gosforth
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|
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| which mythical viking god is depicted in carvings in Kirkby Stephen Church | Loki
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| what was found at Cumwhitton | Viking burial site
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| what is the name for the distinctive viking graves found in Cumbria | hogback graves
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|
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| where would you find the ting mound and what is it | Fellfoot farm Little langdale - norse open air meeting site for local governing - Thing norse for type of early assembly could be 'Thing Moot'
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| what was the name of the leader of the great heathen army that dished out land to his army making them settle | Halfdan Ragnarsson
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|
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| which city did the great heathen armt attak in 1=875 | Carlisle
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| what type of scandinavian settled on the west coast | Irish sacndinavians
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| what type of farming did the norse do | pastoral arable and livestock- sheep
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| what animals did the norse keep | herdwicks
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| what crops did they grow | hemp flax barley rye oats peas and cabbage
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|
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| what does herdwick mean | sheep pasture
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| what do these norse words mean (1) thwaite (2)setr (3) beck (4) fell (5)Ghyll | (1) clearingin forest (2) summer (3) stream (4) hill (5) stream in a deep ravine.
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| by what other name is st Kentigern known | St Mungo
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| who is believed to have lived on an island in derwentwater | St Herbert
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|
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| what monks were known as the black friars | Benedictine
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|
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| what year did the pilgrimage of grace take place | 1536 following act of supremacy by H8 leaders were executed
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|
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| what was the foundation at Shap abbey | premonstratension
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|
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| what was formerly sited at Watendlath | Mill- woollen mill owned by Fountains Abbey
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| which farm can be found on reclaimed land of a tarn by monks from Furness Abbey | Uzzicar Farm
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|
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| what responsbility did the monks of Furness Abbey have which passed to the Duchy of Lancaster after dissolution | appointing the guide to the sands in Morecambe bay 3 Guide to the sands - michael Wilson since 2019 before that Cedric Robinson
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| where is the bell from shap abbey now | Kendal Church
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| where can you see a sign to crossing the sands | cartmel
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|
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| which 3 priories/abbeys crossed the sands for trade | cartmel, conishead and furness
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|
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| why did they do it if it was dangerous | shortest route due to terrain
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|
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| which 3 farms have farmers markets | orton egremont and ulverston
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|
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| which town is famous for its rum | whitehaven
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|
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| who was a famous attendee of the Eskdale show | beatrix potter (and james rebanks today)
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|
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| which days are keswick market days | Thus and Sat
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|
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| what name is given to the galloway ponies used as pack horses | jaggers
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|
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| name a well known pack horse bridge in Cumbria | Slater bridge
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|
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| which abbey in Cumbria established a school, a small hospital looked after poor widows all off the profits of the wool trade | Furness
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|
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| name a trade that assists in getting raw wool to market | fulling
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|
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| name 2 Norman castles in Cumbria | carlisle appleby
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|
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| which cumbrian woman became mistress to Henry 1 | edith forne sigulfson
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|
||||
| which literary character is linked to greystoke castle | Tarzan
castle built 1129
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|
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| who was the first earl of carlisle to be appointed | Tallebois 1092
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|
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| how many settlements are there in cumberland and westmorland listed in the DD book | none in scotland millom was but that in lancs
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|
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| to which part of England did William Rufus bring settlers from after taking Carlisle in 1192 | Lincolnshire
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|
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| what precious metal was mined near carlisle | silver
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|
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| what shape is a Norman (1) doorway (2) shield | (1) semi circular arch (2) diamond
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|
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| what 3 groups of people make up the saxons | Angles Saxons and Jutes (410-1066)
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|
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| what was the Anglo saxon Kingdom in the N called | Rheged
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|
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| name 3 saxon place names in Cumbria | Aspatria, Gosforth and Waberthwaite
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|
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| name 2 churches where saxon crosses can be found | Bewcastle and Irton
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|
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| which king arranged the Treaty of Eammont Bridge | Athelstan in 927
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|
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| anglo saxon crosses- what do they depict and what language were any inscriptions | animals birds and plants
old English runic
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|
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| where would AS crosses be sited and which part was the most important dated usually? | graveyards crossroads and boundaries
shaft dated late7thC
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|
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| how long is Hadrians wall and when was it built | 80R Miles 73 miles AD122-127
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|
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| what is a vallum | a central ditch between 2 mounds
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|
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| which road was built from carlisle to corbridge | stanegate
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|
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| what is between the forts on Hadrians wall | milecastles and turrets
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|
||||
| which road was created between ambleside and brougham | High Street Galava and Brocavum
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|
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| what is ravenglass famous for | remains of a roman fort bathhouse - one of the tallest remaining roman structures in Roman Britain- also had an NB harbour
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|
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| what was an extra mural roman settlement called | vici
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|
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| where was lead and silver mined in cumbria | Alston
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|
||||
| which cumbria location has the biggest collection of military altar stones in Britain | Senhouse Museum
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|
||||
| where can you find a 3d tech roman display near Hadrians wall | Roman Military Museum at Brampton
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|
||||
| which fort lies above Eskdale | Hardknott Mediobogdum
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|
||||
| where was the earliest human habitation in cumbria | kent's bank in Morecambe bay kirkhead cave allithwaite
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|
||||
| which tarn had many finds on display in the British Museum | ehenside tarn
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|
||||
| name 3 stone circles | swinside near Millom castlerigg near keswick long meg near little salkeld nof penrith
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|
||||
| where in cumbria did the beacker people settle | eden valley and on coast in sw cumbria
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|
||||
| where were the stones for Mayburgh Henge sourced? | Cobbles from R Eamont
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|
||||
| where in Cumbria is there evidence of Bronze age settlers | Ennerdale Forest burial site, shap stone circles decoration on Long meg
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|
||||
| which period of history is associated with Carrock Fell | Iron age
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|
||||
| order these from oldest to present iron bronze mesolithic palaolithic neolithic beaker | palao (53000-10000) meso (10000-6500) neo (6500-4000) beaker (2300-1800) bronze (3100-1100) iron (1100-500) (Chalcolithic 4000-2000)
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|
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| which museums have collections of archaeological finds? | Dock -neolithic langdale axes cave collections Heaning Wood and Kents Bank Dalton Roman silver bracelet
Kendal - mesolithic tools from limestone uplands S cumbria
med coin finds
keswick -mesolith tools, roman ceramics and coins
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|
||||
| name another museum with archaeological finds | penrith and eden - geology collection collections of local heroes roman finds
Tullie viking prehistoric medieval roman and industrial
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|
||||
| when was the mesolithic | 9600 BC-4000BC they arrived via Morecambe bay sands= were the seas there then?
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|
||||
| when is Keswick Mountain festival | May 2023
🗑
|
||||
| when is the cumerland show | June 2023 Warwick on eden
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|
||||
| when and where is the Lakes classic vehicle show | June 18 rec ground in Grasmere
🗑
|
||||
| when is Kendal calling | July Lowther deer park end of july
🗑
|
||||
| when and where is solfest | August North Lakes Country Park Silloth music and arts festival
🗑
|
||||
| when is Penrith winter Droving festival | usually last weekend in October
🗑
|
||||
| what anniversary in 2023 is pertinent to Cumbria Tourism | year of the coast promote tourism on cumbrias coastal resorts
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|
||||
| when is Keswick Film festival | February 22 years
🗑
|
||||
| how long has Keswick Beer festival been on | 25 years in 2023
🗑
|
||||
| when is Boot beer festival | eskdale in June
🗑
|
||||
| when is the great north swim | June 250m-2miles
🗑
|
||||
| light the lakes festival is when? | June 2012 to raise money for children of murdered DC Heather Cooper 10th anniversary in 2023 climb a fell inc scafell pike, scafell, helvellynskiddawgreat endbowfell great gable pillarnethermost pikecatsye camestpikeraisefairfieldblencathra etc'
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|
||||
| when is Holker Chilli festival | sept
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|
||||
| when is the lakes international comic art festival | oct in Bowness on Windermere
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|
||||
| when is Kendal Mountain festival | November
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|
||||
| where is the worlds Biggest liar competition usually held | santon Bridge Inn santon Bridge will Ritson
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|
||||
| where is there a Dickension christmas festival | ulverston
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|
||||
| which 2 rivers meet at cockermouth | river derwent and river cocker
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|
||||
| name one of 2 villages that were flooded when thrilmere was created | Amboth and Wythburn
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|
||||
| how deep is wastwater | 79m
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|
||||
| which 2 towns have spires | in LDNP ambleside
out LDNP all saints cockermouth keswick barrow millom field broughton underbarrow alston bardsea brampton maryport silloth
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|
||||
| what is topiary and where is there a good example in Cumbria | describes an ornamental gardener topiarus Levens Hall Guillaume Beaumont oldest in England
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|
||||
| what kind of soil does Rhodedendrons thrive in | acidic
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|
||||
| what are 3 main features of landscape gardens of the 17-18C | lakes sweeping vistas and trees
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|
||||
| name 3 gardens in Allerdale (Cumberland) | Mirehouse Hope Park Keswick WW House Cockermouth
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|
||||
| Name 3 gardens in Barrow and the peninsulas | Holker Hall Levens and Sizeargh Yewbarrow House Grange
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|
||||
| name 3 gardens in carlisle | Tullie House, Hutton in the Forest Kirklinton Hall
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|
||||
| name 3 gardens in copeland | muncaster castle
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|
||||
| name 3 gardens in Eden | acorn Bank dalemain askham hall lowther
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|
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| name 3 gardens in south lakes | sizeargh brockhole blackwell
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|
||||
| where can you see a haha | lowther castle levens holker hall
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|
||||
| which piece of land was purchased by the NT in the LD | Brandlehowe derwentwater
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|
||||
| which year was the land at Brandlehowe bought by the NT | 1902 NT founded 1895 sculpture 2 open hands made of oak
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|
||||
| list the 3 founders of the NT | C HD Rawnsley, Octavia Hill and Robert Huinter
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|
||||
| what material is the boardwalk at the head of Derwentwarer constructed? | recycled plastic from Liverpool
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|
||||
| what is the pop of keswick | 5243 (2011)
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|
||||
| what ore was mined near Keswick | graphite lead silver zinc
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|
||||
| what was the title of the James Radcliffe who supported the 1715 uprising by James Edward Stuart the old pretender | 3rd Earl of derwentwater. his land was forfeited and given to Greenwich hospital
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|
||||
| what invasive weed from NZ was dubbed the scourge of Derwentwater | NZ Pigmy weed
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|
||||
| what was the name of the mining company that introduced miners to the area | Elizabethan Company of Miners Royal
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|
||||
| name the islands on Derwentwater | St Herberts Isle Derwent Isle, Lords island Rampsholme
Derwent isle is Owl Island in BPs Squirrel Nutkin
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|
||||
| who organised regattas and mock battles with cannons on Derwent Isle in 1780s | Joseph Pocklington
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|
||||
| what was the origina of the name Friars Crag | it is where the monks would start their crossing to St Herberts Isle
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|
||||
| according to Cumbria Tourism how much revenue was created from films and tv making to the cumbrian economy | approx £1mill
🗑
|
||||
| what is the windermere children? | a film 2020 about children rescued from a concentration camp in ww2 and sent to love in Windermere
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|
||||
| give 2 locations for supernova film of 2021 | Crummockwater, theatre by the lake and cafe 66
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|
||||
| name 2 lakes that were in Star wars the force awakens | derwentwater and thirlmere
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|
||||
| where was the film withnail and I set | wet sleddale
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|
||||
| where was snow white and the huntsman set | langdale
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|
||||
| which town was Strike set | Barrow in Furness
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|
||||
| where was Pandaemonium filmed | Buttermere film about STC and WW
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|
||||
| when was Cumbria county flag created | 2012 grass of parnassus with rivers
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|
||||
| where does grass of parnassus grow | wet moors damp pastures marshes
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|
||||
| where can you see Ospreys | dodd wood whinlatter foulshaw Moss
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|
||||
| list 3 habitats in cumbria | woodland grassland open water marshland heathland big coastal marine
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|
||||
| how old do woodlands have to be to be ancient | pre 1600 AD therefore 400 years plus
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|
||||
| name 3 plants that grow in meadows | globe flower, wood cranes bill eyebright
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|
||||
| what is the latin name for red quirrel | sciurius vulgaris
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|
||||
| how does a natterjack toad differ from a common frog | yellow strope down middle of back runs rather than hops
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|
||||
| what carniverous plant has leaves 1cm with sticky glands to trap insects | sundews
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|
||||
| name 3 plants found in hedgerows | hazel blackthorn whitethorn field maple bramble
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|
||||
| name 3 uses for Bracken | bedding packing material burning for potash Dalefoot farm mixed with wool to create peat free compost mulch
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|
||||
| where in cumbria is acoastla temperate rainforest biome | Rusland Valley atlantic woodland ancient oak birch ash pine hazel woodland made even more diverse by open glades boulders crags ravines and river gorges
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|
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| where are the coppermines | coniston E1 brought in experts to mine cu in the lakeland fells around coniston. demaind for sheaths on the outside of wooden boats required more copper to be mined. Imported until then used copper for printing places
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||||
| where is a bobbin mill | stott park Bobbin Mill 1835 still working mill for visitors NT
🗑
|
||||
| when was the furness railway opened | 1847 brogden and stations by Paley and Austin
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|
||||
| when was the lakeside and haverthwaite railway opened | 1869
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|
||||
| who is king of piel island | aaron sanderson aged 33
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|
||||
| who are the triumvirate of the Barrow iron and steel industry | Lord Frederick Cavendish Henry Schneider and James Ramsden
🗑
|
||||
| what are produced at BAE | astute and dreadnought
🗑
|
||||
| who founded Barrow Haematite iron and steel in 1866 | Henry Schneider Lord cavendish and James Ramsden were directors and by 1871 they were the largest steel works in the world
🗑
|
||||
| what is the name of the Barrow FC football ground | Holker street BFC founded in 1901 only football club to have a nuke sub on its logo
🗑
|
||||
| who wrote about the River Duddon | WW 1820 33 sonnets and NN
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|
||||
| name 3 Mountain rescue teams | cockermouth coniston duddon and furness kendal keswickKS Langdale Ambleside Patterdale Penrith wasdale plus cumbria ore mines rescue unit (COMRU) LDMountain Rescue Search Dogs
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|
||||
| where would you see Buzzards and kingfishers in the furness area | Duddon Mosses Nature reserve7000 year old peat that could be up to 6m deep in places NNR national nature reserve and SAC managed by Nat Eng
🗑
|
||||
| where in Cumbria is one of UKs first wind farms | Kirkby Moor Wind farm near Kirkby in Furness opened 1993 owned by ventient energy since 2017 25m high blades 16.8m permission until 2027
🗑
|
||||
| where does the cumbria way start and finish and how long is it | starts ulverston to carlisle 72.5 miles
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|
||||
| who is buried in St Marys church Dalton | George Romney
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|
||||
| what was made in backbarrow | ultramarine powder mix of sulphur china clay soda ash an d pitch not dolly blue but similar also gunpowder charcoal woodland products and iron
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