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Wordsworth House located on the Main
Street of Cockermouth with the river Derwent flowing past at the rear was built
in 1745 for the Sheriff of Cumberland.
John Wordsworth a trained lawyer moved
into the property owned by his employer in 1766 whom he represented on political
and business matters, making him an important if not wealthy member of the local
community.
William the second of the five children
Ann gave birth to was born in 1770 followed by Dorothy the only girl in 1771,
who were all cared for by a modest number of household staff.
The home rescued from demolition by a
local community group, was past to the National Trust in 1938 who maintain it
and the grounds to an eighteenth century standard. The attending staff dressed
in period costume also offer a fine assortment of home baked treats in the
kitchen.
Dove Cottage in Grasmere and Rydal Mount
are two other sites linked to William Wordsworth.
In 1787, Lieutenant William Bligh,
fresh from sailing as master to Captain James
Cook on his voyages to the South Pacific, was commissioned to undertake a voyage
in the HMS Bounty. Having obtained
a number of breadfruit plantings in Tahiti
they continued their mission to the Caribbean.
It could be said
that the mutiny started here in Cockermouth in 1764, being the birthplace of
Masters Mate Fletcher Christian, who on April
28th, 1789 with twelve crewmembers staged the now
famous mutiny, capturing the ship, and setting Lt. Bligh and his supporters
adrift in the ship's launch.
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On the A66 at
Cockermouth with Exhibition - Shop & Restaurant
Plus a Hotel
only a short walk from Town Centre
www.sheep-woolcentre.co.uk
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Bassenthwaite
Bassenthwaite Lake has a horse racing past
that was assigned to the history books for obvious reasons long ago. John
Pocklington an eccentric resident of Keswick who built the Chapel at the Bowder
Stone in Borrowdale held the races in the lake.
The entrants in the race were attached to
a floating pontoon and towed to the centre of the lake, the horses were released
and the winner was the first horse to reach the shore.
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The latest attraction being a pair of mating Osprey's
which have returned to breed in the Whinlatter Forest, hatching in June and
flying in July.
A web cam had been set up and
can be viewed live from the Park Visitors Centre at the top of Whinlatter
Pass. Click on Images to view latest photos
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One can't visit Cumbria or The Lake
district without noticing the prominent Jennings sign above the door of the
local Public Houses (Taverns) to recognise the malty, nutty aromour of their fine
Beer and Ale's
A visit to Cockermouth cannot be
complete without a Tour of the Castle Brewery, founded in 1828 in the nearby
village of Lorton the present facilities have been in constant operation
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