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Cumbrian Celts do exist, whatever ex-editor of The Times says
The sacred stream Glenderamackin, or "pig river", flows down the flank of Blencathra. It tells us who exactly the earliest inhabitants of the Lake…
Aug 19
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Maverick Scottish monarch who held Cumbria hostage for nearly two decades
"Saint" David I grabbed Cumbria by force and made Carlisle Castle a monstrous fortress, leaving an indelible Scottish mark on the north's history
Aug 11
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Maverick Scottish monarch who held Cumbria hostage for nearly two decades
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Is the Viking invasion of Cumbria a delusion?
Victorians believed Norse warriors landed in the north west a thousand years ago in overwhelming numbers. But new research suggests influx may have…
Aug 6
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Is the Viking invasion of Cumbria a delusion?
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No, Cumbria didn't collapse after the Romans left
Traditional history says the north's economy, population and civilisation disintegrated. Christianity, pottery and trade disappeared. Then Anglo-Saxons…
Aug 4
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No, Cumbria didn't collapse after the Romans left
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What is the real meaning of this 1,000-year-old Viking cross?
Refugees from a 902 AD Irish battle erected enigmatic 15-foot monument in their new home. But exactly what is this bafflingly equivocal work trying to…
Jul 29
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What is the real meaning of this 1,000-year-old Viking cross?
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The secret history of the Embleton Sword
This magnificent blade dated to around 50 BC was found in a Cumbrian bog. It comes from a brutal Iron Age world where food was used as a weapon.
Jul 23
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Paul Eastham
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The secret history of the Embleton Sword
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How historical ignorance wrecks Cumbrian farm livelihoods
Bourgeois myths that sheep eat trees and cherry blossom should flourish on top of Great Gable are pushing Lake District families out of agriculture
Jul 15
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Paul Eastham
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How historical ignorance wrecks Cumbrian farm livelihoods
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How an unknown Roman city rose from the Cumbrian mud in a single night
Devastating 2009 floods removed a mile of soil a metre deep, revealing the largest imperial conurbation in the far north-west of Britannia
Jul 9
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Paul Eastham
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How an unknown Roman city rose from the Cumbrian mud in a single night
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June 2025
Does the Cumbria’s future lie in hosting shadowy killers like the lynx?
Advocates say bringing back the nocturnal predator that died out 1,300 years ago would boost biodiversity. It would kill “pests" such as deer - and…
Jun 25
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Does the Cumbria’s future lie in hosting shadowy killers like the lynx?
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Hanged in chains: Henry VIII takes revenge on Cumbria
Protesters suspended in body-shaped iron cages after 40,000 northerners joined “loyal rebellion” that almost toppled the king
Jun 19
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Hanged in chains: Henry VIII takes revenge on Cumbria
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Who made Chernobyl more disastrous for Cumbria? Whitehall did
Three weeks after Chernobyl nuclear explosion in Ukraine, bossy but ignorant Government officials descended on Cumbria insisting there was nothing to…
Jun 16
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Who made Chernobyl more disastrous for Cumbria? Whitehall did
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May 2025
What really lies at the bottom of Dunmail Raise
The last king of Cumbria may not be buried under a heap of stones on the A 591. But his story tells us his realm was an independent Celtic kingdom born…
May 26
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