The reason I felt compelled to write about Cumbrian History and Folklore is simple. Not so long ago, I didn’t think Cumbria really had any – and I even have a degree in history and have worked on an archaeological site.
Being from a Cumbrian family, I knew Cumbria isn’t all lakes and farming. My ancestors worked on ships on the Cumbrian coast; some were miners, and some ended up in the steel industry. I also joggled a few grey cells and came up with the Lake District’s Romantic poets – Wordsworth, de Quincey, Southey and Coleridge. But what I couldn’t locate was actual political and social history – heroes, battles and kingdoms that rose and fell.
I write my posts with the intention of being historically accurate, and up-to-date. I also make a point of adding the folklore to the history – although I make it clear which is which. This would make an academic’s hair curl, but I can’t help but think that sometimes there’s a little scrap of something special in clearly fantastical addendums.
Read, enjoy, and I love to read comments! I can be contacted at esmeraldamacmouse @ gmail . com (without the spaces!).
AND… I can now add: “… as heard on BBC Radio Cumbria…!” 😉
Copyright
Under UK law, I own the copyright for the articles on this site. You can use the information in the blog for your own research, but if you copy the way I’ve written it without my permission, you are breaking the law. This is how you get around this: if you want to use an excerpt (10 words ONLY), you must credit me (not this website address) as author and, if online, provide a link back to this blog. If you intend to republish more, you must contact me for consent prior to publication. Please don’t abuse copyright. One day, you might just find that the copyright holder issues your ISP with a notice to take down your website and you, personally, a bill.
Diane McIlmoyle Updated 08.06.16
Esmeralda's Cumbrian History & Folklore 