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Glorious had an overall length of 786 feet 9 inches ( 239 @.@ 8 m ) , a beam of 81 feet ( 24 @.@ 7 m ) , and a draught of 25 feet 10 inches ( 7 @.@ 9 m ) at deep load . She displaced 19 @,@ 180 long tons ( 19 @,@ 490 t ) at load and 22 @,@ 560 long tons ( 22 @,@ 922 t ) at deep load . Glorious and her sisters were the... | f07700219a4352d38fba5a4d6846ebd2 | 38,168 |
The ship was designed to normally carry 750 long tons ( 760 t ) of fuel oil , but could carry a maximum of 3 @,@ 160 long tons ( 3 @,@ 210 t ) . At full capacity , she could steam for an estimated 6 @,@ 000 nautical miles ( 11 @,@ 110 km ; 6 @,@ 900 mi ) at a speed of 20 knots ( 37 km / h ; 23 mph ) .
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Glorious carried four BL 15 @-@ inch Mark I guns in two twin hydraulically powered Mark I * turrets , one each fore ( ' A ' ) and aft ( ' Y ' ) . Her secondary armament consisted of eighteen BL 4 @-@ inch Mark IX guns mounted in six manually powered triple T.I. Mark I mounts . These mounts had the three breeches too c... | 97aa3b5a3860267118a0abb70a1ae496 | 38,170 |
= = World War I = =
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Her keel was laid down on 1 May 1915 by Harland and Wolff at their Belfast shipyard . Glorious was launched on 20 April 1916 and completed on 14 October 1916 . During her sea trials in November 1916 , Courageous sustained structural damage while running at full speed in a rough head sea and had the damaged areas stiff... | 2bf0b361172dbcceb2262bc41883f31e | 38,174 |
On 16 October 1917 the Admiralty received word of German ship movements , possibly indicating some sort of raid . Admiral Beatty , the commander of the Grand Fleet , ordered most of his light cruisers and destroyers to sea in an effort to locate the enemy ships . Courageous and Glorious were not initially ordered to s... | fd2d98eebdf4dee74c2b937d4ea5b2eb | 38,175 |
= = = Second Battle of Heligoland Bight = = =
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Throughout 1917 the Admiralty was becoming more concerned about German efforts to sweep paths through the British @-@ laid minefields intended to restrict the actions of the High Seas Fleet and German submarines . A preliminary raid on German minesweeping forces on 31 October by light forces destroyed ten small ships ... | dae69cc14fc856b450b125d1da5e0854 | 38,179 |
The German ships , four light cruisers of II Scouting Force , eight destroyers , three divisions of minesweepers , eight sperrbrecher ( cork @-@ filled trawlers ) and two trawlers to mark the swept route , were spotted at 7 : 30 am , silhouetted by the rising sun . Courageous and the light cruiser Cardiff opened fire ... | 5d707d418ec700b49cc79b9188756135 | 38,180 |
Glorious required five days of repairs to right the damage caused from the premature detonation and from her own muzzle blast . She fired 57 15 @-@ inch and 213 4 @-@ inch shells during the engagement . The ship received flying @-@ off platforms on top of her turrets in 1918 . A Sopwith Camel was carried on the rear t... | abdbf91f2599204a731e852a0447715b | 38,181 |
= = Conversion = =
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The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 severely limited the amount of capital ship tonnage and the Royal Navy was forced to scrap many of its older battleships and battlecruisers . However up to 66 @,@ 000 long tons ( 67 @,@ 059 t ) of existing ships could be converted into aircraft carriers , for which the Courageous @-... | 7c4f4ca554db328205ff8395308fea0c | 38,185 |
Her new design improved on her half @-@ sister HMS Furious which lacked an island and a conventional funnel . All superstructure , guns , torpedo tubes , and fittings down to the main deck were removed . A two @-@ storey hangar , each level 16 feet ( 4 @.@ 9 m ) high and 550 feet ( 167 @.@ 6 m ) long , was built on to... | 6066bf91ad3c7d2f83fa76a2788f9318 | 38,186 |
Glorious received a dual @-@ purpose armament of sixteen QF 4 @.@ 7 @-@ inch Mark VIII guns in single High @-@ Angle Mark XII mounts . One mount was on each side of the lower flight deck and a pair was on the quarterdeck . The remaining twelve mounts were distributed along the sides of the ship . During her 1935 refit... | b1c1e94ab55127dfd84d8ffe2bd9f2e7 | 38,187 |
Glorious recommissioned on 24 February 1930 for service with the Mediterranean Fleet , but was attached to the Home Fleet from March to June 1930 . She relieved Courageous in the Mediterranean Fleet in June 1930 and remained there until October 1939 . In a fog on 1 April 1931 Glorious rammed the French ocean liner Flo... | a8ddeff58351539f577cb37af53b39f1 | 38,188 |
= = = Air group = = =
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Glorious could carry up to 48 aircraft ; when first recommissioned , she carried Fairey Flycatcher fighters , Blackburn Dart and Blackburn Ripon torpedo bombers , and Fairey IIIF reconnaissance planes of the Fleet Air Arm . From 1933 until Glorious returned to the United Kingdom in April 1940 , aside from a period whe... | 979bc8ef25098bbbe4eeedc4837eb6c9 | 38,192 |
= = World War II = =
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Glorious served briefly with the Mediterranean Fleet for a time after World War II broke out . In October 1939 , she moved through the Suez Canal to the Indian Ocean where she became part of Force J which was organized to hunt for the Admiral Graf Spee in the Indian Ocean . It was not successful and Glorious remained ... | f4ffe991a6c4db1655055cc0a8b43f8a | 38,196 |
= = = Norwegian Campaign = = =
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She was recalled to the Home Fleet in April 1940 to provide air cover for British forces landing in Norway . Eighteen Gloster Gladiators of No. 263 Squadron RAF were flown aboard to be transferred to Norwegian airbases . Eleven Blackburn Skuas of 803 Squadron , plus eighteen Sea Gladiators from 802 and 804 Squadrons w... | 18824e0fdc88906a73200068d635fb26 | 38,200 |
Glorious returned on 18 May with six Supermarine Walrus amphibious flying boats of 701 Squadron and 18 Hawker Hurricanes of No. 46 Squadron RAF . The latter aircraft had been loaded aboard by crane . The Walruses were quickly flown off to Harstad , but the airfield at Skånland was not yet ready for the Hurricanes and ... | 805e78933f8a26380b10628695233927 | 38,201 |
However , even this success proved to be ephemeral and British forces were ordered withdrawn a few days later . The evacuation ( Operation Alphabet ) began in the north on the night of 3 / 4 June and Glorious arrived off the coast on 2 June to provide support although she only carried nine Sea Gladiators of 802 and si... | 7284696a14c7f619d8f3c57532ebaca9 | 38,202 |
= = = The sinking = = =
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The commanding officer of Glorious , Captain Guy D 'Oyly @-@ Hughes , was a former submariner who had been executive officer of Courageous for ten months . He was granted permission to proceed independently to Scapa Flow in the early hours of 8 June to hold a court @-@ martial of his Commander ( Air ) , J. B. Heath , ... | 7afcb0f047c4a8f38744ddf0956cec19 | 38,206 |
Scharnhorst switched her fire to Glorious at 4 : 32 and scored her first hit six minutes later on her third salvo , at an approximate range of 26 @,@ 000 yards ( 24 @,@ 000 m ) , when one 28 @.@ 3 @-@ centimetre ( 11 @.@ 1 in ) hit the forward flight deck and burst in the upper hangar , starting a large fire . This hi... | 0be842d6b99f40d5b7f10f3a534ec2d7 | 38,207 |
Glorious was hit again in the centre engine room at around 5 : 20 and this caused her to lose speed and commence a slow circle to port . She also developed a list to starboard . The German ships closed to within 16 @,@ 000 yards and continued to fire at her until about 5 : 40 . Glorious sank at about 6 : 10 , approxim... | 43a7242796342a2caed618799577fff9 | 38,208 |
As the German ships approached Glorious , the destroyer Acasta , which had been trying to maintain the smokescreen , broke through her own smoke and fired two volleys of torpedoes at Scharnhorst . One of these hit the battleship at 5 : 34 abreast her rear turret and badly damaged her . Acasta also managed one hit from... | d101ee849337cce796014529644fd9e9 | 38,209 |
According to Winton , survivors ' estimates were that about 900 men abandoned Glorious . The German ships did not try to save survivors . The Royal Navy knew nothing of the sinking until it was announced on German radio . The Norwegian ship Borgund , on passage to the Faroe Islands , arrived late on June 10 and picked... | 8a2c2010b1ecba1a3f61c363778bc83b | 38,210 |
The disaster and the failure to mount an effective rescue was clearly an embarrassment for the Royal Navy . All ships encountering the enemy should routinely broadcast a sighting report , and so the lack of a sighting report from Glorious was eventually raised in the House of Commons . It later became known that the h... | ca4c9a467780f896e90b720e3f548852 | 38,211 |
= = = Memorials = = =
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For many years the only memorial to the seamen lost in the three ships was a stained @-@ glass window in the church of St Peter Martindale in Cumbria , on the east side of Ullswater . On 8 June 2010 , 70 years after the loss of Glorious , Acasta and Ardent , a memorial plaque inscribed in English and Norwegian was unv... | 8360e2f1c3d45830fddc208e344ef441 | 38,215 |
= = Acclaimed model = =
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A model of HMS Glorious by renowned marine model maker Norman A. Ough , built for the Royal United Services Museum , is now on display in the Fleet Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton .
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= Morgan dollar =
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The Morgan dollar was a United States dollar coin minted from 1878 to 1904 , and then again in 1921 . It was the first standard silver dollar minted since production of the previous design , the Seated Liberty dollar , ceased due to the passage of the Coinage Act of 1873 , which also ended the free coining of silver .... | 1cde9bb5fbe96d503e7e19a6de721b5e | 38,224 |
The dollar was authorized by the Bland – Allison Act . Following the passage of the 1873 act , mining interests lobbied to restore free silver , which would require the Mint to accept all silver presented to it and return it , struck into coin . Instead , the Bland – Allison Act was passed , which required the Treasur... | 9cd5521be26d44045e57a51039c13649 | 38,225 |
In 1898 , Congress approved a bill that required all remaining bullion purchased under the Sherman Silver Purchase Act to be coined into silver dollars . When those silver reserves were depleted in 1904 , the Mint ceased to strike the Morgan dollar . The Pittman Act , passed in 1918 , authorized the melting and recoin... | c75f1e95775d63ec75111e7b4c12d566 | 38,226 |
In the early 1960s , a large quantity of unissued Morgan dollars was found to be available from Treasury vaults , including issues once thought rare . Individuals began purchasing large quantities of the pieces at face value , and eventually the Treasury ceased exchanging silver certificates for silver coin . Beginnin... | c32a94aeb5ae2ab8e0781d3d8389c00f | 38,227 |
= = Background = =
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In 1873 , Congress enacted the Fourth Coinage Act , which effectively ended the bimetallic standard in the United States by demonetizing silver bullion . Prior to enactment of the Coinage Act , silver could be brought to the mints and coined into legal tender for a small fee . With such a system in place , bullion pro... | bc2a74e93479f61f5e02f47d7e89295f | 38,231 |
Beginning in 1876 , several bills were introduced in the House of Representatives in an effort to resume the free coinage of silver . One such bill introduced into the House by Democratic Representative Richard P. Bland of Missouri was passed in the fall of 1876 . Republican senator William B. Allison of Iowa added im... | ccf061da52ea8f4c9d9f01b38de3b338 | 38,232 |
= = Design history = =
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In 1876 , Director of the Mint Henry Linderman began efforts to redesign the nation 's silver coins . Linderman contacted C.W. Fremantle , Deputy Master of the Royal Mint in London , requesting him to " find a first class die @-@ sinker who would be willing to take the position of Assistant Engraver at the Mint at Phi... | 57114667b2b04dd8b0408b54d00918ef | 38,236 |
Morgan arrived in Philadelphia on October 9 , 1876 . His earliest pattern coins designed during his tenure at the Philadelphia Mint were intended for the half dollar . In 1876 , Morgan enrolled as a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts to prepare to create a new Liberty head design . Morgan also obtain... | c43d6b37ce786dedeeb4737396d2a192 | 38,237 |
On October 18 , 1877 , Linderman requested Superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint James Pollock to " instruct Mr. Morgan to prepare without delay , dies for a silver dollar , the designs , inscriptions , and arrangement thereof to be the same as the enclosed impression for the Half Dollar and numbered ' 2' substituti... | e17fc1e9265be568cfe5528807932c56 | 38,238 |
= = Production = =
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Production of the coins did not commence until March 11 , more than a week after the passage of the Bland – Allison Act . The first acceptable strike , after adjustments to the press , was coined at 3 : 17 p.m. at the Philadelphia Mint . This piece was given to President Hayes ; the second and third were given to Secr... | c747e2501184b48e085022a67ad2b885 | 38,242 |
Linderman desired to involve the western mints of San Francisco and Carson City in production in order to help reach the monthly quota necessary under the Bland – Allison Act . Pressure was so great at the Philadelphia Mint that it halted production of all other coins and began operating overtime . Use of the western ... | 4a194f7ac0f7a9c34aaf317d4f7f99a9 | 38,243 |
The Denver Mint , established in 1906 , struck the coins for only one year , in 1921 . The mint marks appearing on the coins are none , representing Philadelphia , " CC " for Carson City , " S " for San Francisco , " O " for New Orleans and " D " for Denver . In order to conform to the Coinage Act of 1837 , the Morgan... | afd0cfc8b5417d55347348843966057d | 38,244 |
= = Sherman Silver Purchase Act , Panic of 1893 = =
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Mintage of the Morgan dollar remained relatively steady until the passage of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act on July 14 , 1890 . The act , authored by Ohio senator and former Treasury secretary John Sherman , forced the Treasury to increase the amount of silver purchased to 4 @,@ 500 @,@ 000 troy ounces ( 140 @,@ 000 ... | 9d31d246ac33c26d51d7b7e7aef588a2 | 38,248 |
Beginning early in 1893 , a number of industrial firms , including the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and the National Cordage Company went bankrupt . The resulting bank runs and failures became known as the Panic of 1893 . In June of that year , President Grover Cleveland , who believed that the Panic was caused b... | 08caecf8b27122d0027890c75b772cd7 | 38,249 |
= = Pittman Act = =
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The German government began a propaganda campaign during World War I to discredit the United Kingdom 's currency in India . The Germans convinced Indian citizens that British banknotes in that country could not be redeemed for silver . This led to a run on the British supply of silver . In response , United States Dem... | 4be22300141630c16e1383b1b5410e91 | 38,253 |
The U.S. only minted the Morgan dollar again during 1921 , the only year in which Morgan dollars were struck at the Denver mint . Since the Treasury had destroyed the obsolete Morgan dollar dies in 1910 , Morgan had to create an entirely new master die . Another provision of the Pittman Act authorized the U.S. to mint... | 1c96bfc426a3bc9ff97c3af8ff56b4e2 | 38,254 |
But no change in the design or die of any coin shall be made oftener than once in twenty @-@ five years from and including the year of the first adoption of the design , model , die , or hub for the same coin :
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Provided , That no change be made in the diameter of any coin :
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And provided further , That nothing in this section shall prevent the adoption of new designs or models for devices or emblems already authorized for the standard silver dollar and the five @-@ cent nickel piece as soon as practicable after the passage of this act .
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= = Carson City Mint Morgan dollars = =
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Until 1964 , U.S. citizens could redeem paper money known as silver certificates for silver dollars at a U.S. Treasury mint on demand . In 1962 , an individual redeemed a silver certificate and received a rare and valuable Morgan dollar in exchange . The coin was from a bag of silver dollars in the vault of the Philad... | 06fad66bf4433d434af87a8875067d59 | 38,261 |
On May 12 , 1969 , the Joint Commission on Coinage held a meeting in order to determine the best way to sell the Carson City @-@ minted dollars earlier held back by Treasury officials . They recommended a mail bid sale . Legislation was passed on December 31 , 1970 directing the Treasury to transfer the silver dollars... | d60d36a369fda587e252af69f1d54852 | 38,262 |
= = San Francisco commemorative dollar = =
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On June 15 , 2006 , legislation was approved that provided for the minting of a silver dollar and a five dollar gold coin in " commemoration of the Old Mint at San Francisco , " with surcharges to be given to the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society in an effort to rehabilitate the Old Mint . In total , 100 @,@... | ffe6147c476b65be8d3b9c9c250bffc0 | 38,266 |
= Keswick , Cumbria =
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Keswick ( / ˈkɛzᵻk / ) is an English market town and civil parish , historically in Cumberland , and since 1974 in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria . The town , in the Lake District National Park , just north of Derwentwater , and 4 miles ( 6 @.@ 4 km ) from Bassenthwaite , had a population of 4 @,@ 821 at the time... | ca61b0f708627f30a4a19044b7014ee4 | 38,271 |
There is considerable evidence of prehistoric occupation of the Keswick area , but the first recorded mention of the town dates from the 13th century , when Edward I of England granted a charter for Keswick 's market , which has maintained a continuous 700 @-@ year existence . In Tudor times the town was an important ... | 0d7695cb1154f4610c59480d68a0551c | 38,272 |
Keswick became widely known for its association with the poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey . Together with their fellow Lake Poet William Wordsworth , based at Grasmere , 12 miles ( 19 km ) away , they made the scenic beauty of the area widely known to readers in Britain and beyond . In the late 19th ce... | edd32b227f99bf28e0350eaa496e2b6d | 38,273 |
= = Name = =
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The town is first recorded in Edward I 's charter of the 13th century , as " Kesewik " . Scholars have generally considered the name to be from the Old English , meaning " farm where cheese is made " , the word deriving from " cēse " ( cheese ) with a Scandinavian initial " k " and " wīc " ( special place or dwelling ... | 34225ae1ba7058bb3efa69105cb2d245 | 38,277 |
= = Prehistory = =
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Evidence of prehistoric occupation in the area includes the Castlerigg stone circle on the eastern fringe of the town , which has been dated to between 3000 and 2500 BC . Neolithic @-@ era stone tools were unearthed inside the circle and in the centre of Keswick during the 19th century . The antiquary W G Collingwood ... | bcffe16b06e798708fa9fbfd02f1f4be | 38,281 |
In Roman Britain Cumbria was the territory of the Carvetii . As the site of the western part of Hadrian 's Wall , it was of strategic importance . The north of the county is rich in archaeological evidence from the period , but nothing is known that suggests any Roman habitation in the Keswick area , other than finds ... | abe34c78b2bcd1bfdc9537a2e5ff6215 | 38,282 |
Several Christian saints preached the Gospel in the north of England in the late 6th and early 7th centuries AD ; in Keswick and the surrounding area the most important figures were St Herbert of Derwentwater and his contemporary St Kentigern . The former , the pupil and friend of St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne , lived as... | dd754ed701dfebbb2dd3e41a46710d5a | 38,283 |
= = History = =
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= = = Middle Ages = = =
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Keswick 's recorded history starts in the Middle Ages . The area was conquered by the Anglo @-@ Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria in the seventh century , but Northumbria was destroyed by the Vikings in the late ninth . In the early tenth century the British Kingdom of Strathclyde seized the area , and it remained part of ... | 34e7b663025f79217a223daccf2fdc4c | 38,290 |
During the 13th century , agricultural land around the town was acquired by Fountains and Furness Abbeys . The latter , already prosperous from the wool trade , wished to expand its sheep farming , and in 1208 bought large tracts of land from Alice de Romilly . She also negotiated with Fountains Abbey , to which she s... | 1b3162a6fa03a2057bb6966a6dee3e1c | 38,291 |
Keswick was granted a charter for a market in 1276 by Edward I. This market has an uninterrupted history lasting for more than 700 years . The pattern of buildings around the market square remained broadly the same from this period until at least the late 18th century , with houses – originally timber @-@ framed – fro... | 028631472779d32ab70063283604fac4 | 38,292 |
= = = 16th and 17th centuries : agriculture and industry = = =
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With the Dissolution of the Monasteries , between 1536 and 1541 , Furness and Fountains Abbeys were supplanted by new secular landlords for the farmers of Keswick and its neighbourhood . The buying and selling of sheep and wool were no longer centred on the great Abbeys , being handled locally by the new landowners an... | fee5dbe9d386141707df78dbd19366bd | 38,296 |
Earlier copper mining had been small in scale , but Elizabeth I , concerned for the defence of her kingdom , required large quantities of copper for the manufacture of weapons and the strengthening of warships . There was the additional advantage for her that the Crown was entitled to royalties on metals extracted fro... | 192705fbc2f68c3aba298bccdbe9ace5 | 38,297 |
As well as copper , a new substance was found , extracted and exploited : this was variously called wad , black lead , plumbago or black cauke , and is now known as graphite . Many uses were quickly discovered for the mineral : it reduced friction in machinery , made a heat @-@ resistant glaze for crucibles , and when... | e20276c10df8f3835aee16b54571b062 | 38,298 |
The copper mines prospered for about seventy years , but by the early 17th century the industry was in decline . Demand for copper fell and the cost of extracting it was high . Graphite mining continued , and quarrying for slate began to grow in importance . Other small @-@ scale industries grew up , such as tannery a... | 2943dd63f338cf12755544028d866930 | 38,299 |
= = = 18th and 19th centuries : beginnings of tourism = = =
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The historian George Bott regards John Dalton ( 1709 – 63 ) and John Brown ( 1715 – 66 ) as the pioneers of tourism in the Lake District . Both wrote works praising the majesty of the scenery , and their enthusiasm prompted others to visit the area . The poet Thomas Gray published an account of a five @-@ day stay in ... | e00dafc8af3e179627f5c0cade803511 | 38,303 |
During the 18th century and into the 19th , turnpike trusts were established and major roads in Cumberland were greatly improved . With the Lake District now accessible by coach the area attracted well @-@ off visitors , particularly at times of war in mainland Europe , which made the aristocratic Grand Tour impossibl... | 96442314fd4027f4e08ffe1e5d28bba8 | 38,304 |
The construction of the railways in the mid @-@ 19th century made the Lake District , and Keswick in particular , more accessible to visitors of modest means . The original impetus for building the Cockermouth , Keswick and Penrith Railway ( CKP ) line came from heavy industry : the new Bessemer process of steelmaking... | 875079acd2ad870dd717eca68bd9920c | 38,305 |
In addition to its growing importance as a tourist centre , Keswick developed a reputation for its manufacture of pencils during the 19th century . It had begun on a modest scale in or about 1792 , as a cottage industry , using graphite mined locally . This developed on more industrial lines in factories purpose @-@ b... | a72c5dcd7b1ccc3796e2ee671b528a7a | 38,306 |
The Moot Hall was rebuilt in 1813 , and the lower floor was used as a market house on Saturdays . Coal gas was supplied by a gas works from 1846 ; the Keswick library opened in 1849 ; a water works began operation in 1856 ; and Keswick police station opened in 1857 . The local weekly newspaper , The Keswick Reminder w... | 13d52951e3204626fed9deb4534ec81f | 38,307 |
In 1883 Hardwicke Rawnsley was appointed vicar of Crosthwaite . In a study of Lake District towns in 1974 , H A L Rice commented that to write about Keswick without mentioning Rawnsley would be the equivalent of writing about Stratford @-@ upon @-@ Avon without mentioning Shakespeare , so great was Rawnsley 's impact ... | 4dbf8186c93aa0f1a975d31c602191f4 | 38,308 |
= = = 20th century and beyond = = =
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Keswick 's history throughout the 20th century was one of increasing reliance on tourism , the pencil industry being the second largest source of employment . The Cumberland Pencil Company , formed at the turn of the century , occupied a large factory near the River Greta on the road leading out of Keswick towards Coc... | 065f4236e1a3218c867d4271e21f9127 | 38,312 |
Keswick 's chief industry is to promote the contentment and happiness of its visitors . Its pleasant position provides at the outset a tonic atmosphere ... it is set in the most delightful part of a delightful district , described by Wordsworth as " the loveliest spot that ever man has found . " There are numerous pla... | 1a5daacf2b6ea69a1d64c7762d7f9416 | 38,313 |
During the Second World War students from St Katharine 's College , Liverpool and Roedean School , Sussex , were evacuated to Keswick when their own buildings were requisitioned for use as a hospital and a navy base respectively . Students were also brought to the safety of Keswick from Central Newcastle High School ,... | 9b901b6518f3e640b045e1940102a5c5 | 38,314 |
The creation of the Lake District National Park in 1951 , with strict control over new development , prevented any expansion of the town beyond its pre @-@ war borders . Keswick 's population has remained stable at a little below 5 @,@ 000 residents . The town 's reliance on tourism increased in 2006 when Cumberland P... | 602c367b40098fe406ad3c3a728c6333 | 38,315 |
= = = Ownership and governance = = =
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In medieval times the township was within the manor of Castlerigg and Derwentwater . The earliest surviving official record of the town is the market charter of 1276 granted to the lord of the manor , Thomas de Derwentwater . The manor was granted by Alice de Romilly to Adam de Derwentwater before 1216 , and subsequen... | 0beabd6a2afc9676b9341ecc160833b0 | 38,319 |
Keswick became a Local Government District in 1853 and an urban district with three wards in 1894 , reflecting its growth in the latter part of the 19th century . The new urban district 's northern boundary was extended from the Greta to the railway , taking in Great Crosthwaite and part of Underskiddaw in 1899 . In 1... | 6f26dcb7f43e00bcb4d0045973176cc9 | 38,320 |
= = Geography = =
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