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Page last updated at 09:51 GMT, Tuesday, 15 December 2009

The old station house at Riddings Station

'Marooned' in Cumbria

A little bit of Scotland is 'marooned' in Cumbria due to engineering difficulties on the Waverley Line.

Broughton Moor slate mines

From the British Geological Survey's picture library, historical images of the Slate Green works at Broughton Moor, near Coniston.

In Pictures: The Cumbrian butcher

The remarkable history of the Kirkoswald based butchers Cranstons told through a series of evocative images.

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Stitching together an aqueduct

Nuclear past, present and future

Keswick's Castlerigg stone circle

Racing history in Carlisle

Flood damage to historical properties

The Raffles estate, then and now

Audio Slideshow: Steam roundabout

Long Meg and her daughters

The Cumberland Lucks

See the stone circles of Cumbria

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Cumbria Amenity Trust

Industrial History of Cumbria

Cumbrian Railways Association

Cumbria County Council's archives

Cumbria Family History Society

Shap Local History Society

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