The Lake District: Romance and War in England's Greatest Wilderness

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Additional Sources:

Britannica, overview: https://www.britannica.com/place/Lake...

History of Cumbria and the Lakes: https://www.visitcumbria.com/history/ 

Lake District official site, some info: https://www.thelakedistrict.org/info/...

History of Cumbria: https://www.english-lakes.com/history...

ODNB, detailed biography of William Wordsworth: https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.109...

Historic UK, the stone circles: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMa...

Telegraph, hidden history of the Lake District: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/de...

Lake District literary history: https://www.literarytraveler.com/arti...

Romanticism in the Lake District: https://www.csmonitor.com/1983/1129/1...

JMW Turner: https://www.thelakedistrict.org/histo...

Live Science, Lake District geology: https://www.livescience.com/29936-eng...

The Windemere Children: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-ra...

Fascinating research paper on railways and tourism in the Lakes: https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rsc...

UNESCO, the Lakes: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/422/ 

Smithsoanian, battle for LD’s future: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...