Included here is a listing of all the books, booklets, articles, journals, and other sources used in the research of writing articles for this site. This listing includes publications both modern and antiquarian. Additional source material will be included as they are purchased or borrowed. Where possible, every care has been taken to provide accurate, factual information using the source material below, referencing where necessary. Sometimes inaccuracies occur as a result of misinterpretation of the source material, and this lies entirely with the writer of these articles. Where this is the case, the writer is more than happy to be corrected, and provide a better reading experience.
The table below can be sorted via each heading.
| Author | Year | Title | Edition/Volume | Place | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anon | 1852 | Keswick and its Neighbourhood | Windermere | ||
| Armistead, Wilson | 1891 | Tales and Legends of the English Lakes | London | Simpkin, Marshall and Co. | |
| Berry, Geoffrey | 1984 | Mardale Revisited: The Story of Haweswater | Kendal | Westmorland Gazette | |
| Blair, Don | 1993 | Exploring Lakeland Tarns: A Complete Guide | Keswick | Lakeland Manor Press | |
| Blair, Don | 2002 | Exploring Lakeland Waterfalls: A Field Guide | Keswick | Lakeland Manor Press | |
| Cameron, Alastair | 1996 | Slate from Coniston: A history of the Coniston Slate Industry | Barrow in Furness | Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society | |
| Carruthers, F.J. | 1976 | Around the Lakeland Hills | London | Robert Hale | |
| Collingwood, William Gershom | 1925 | Lake District History | Kendal | Titus Wilson and Son | |
| Cooper, William Heaton | 1960 | The Tarns of Lakeland | London | Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. | |
| Countryside Commission, The | 1975 | Lake District National Park Guide No.6 | 2nd Edition | London | HMSO |
| Crosthwaite, F.J. | 1874 | The Last of the Derwentwaters | Cockermouth | A Paper Read to the Keswick Literary Society | |
| Farmer, David Hugh | 2011 | The Oxford Dictionary of Saints | 5th Edition | Oxford | University Press |
| Gambles, Robert | 1985 | Lake District Place-Names | 2nd Edition | Lancaster | Dalesman Publishing Company |
| Gibson, Alexander Crag | 1849 | The Old Man: Ravings and Ramblings Round Conistone | London | Whittaker and Co. | |
| Green, William | 1819 | The Tourist's New Guide | Volume 2 | Kendal | R. Lough and Co. |
| Hodgson, Elizabeth | 2007 | The Bowder Stone: A History | Carlisle | P3 Publications | |
| Hutchinson, W. | 1794 | The History of the County of Cumberland | Volume 1 Volume 2 | Carlisle | Jollie |
| Kirkby, B. | 1898 | Lakeland Words: A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases | Kendal | T. Wilson | |
| Martineau, Harriet | 1855 | Complete Guide to the English Lakes | Windermere | John Garnett | |
| Newman, John Henry | 1844 | Lives of the English Saints - Hermit Saints | London | James Toovey | |
| Nuttall, John & Anne | 1995 | The Tarns of Lakeland | Volume 1: West | Milnthorpe | Cicerone Press |
| Otley, Jonathon | 1830 | A Concise Description of the English Lakes and Adjacent Mountains | 4th Edition | Keswick | Jonathon Otley |
| Simpson, S. | 1746 | The Agreeable Historian, Or the Compleat English Traveller | London | R. Walker | |
| Smith, Alan | 2012 | The Big Lakes of Lakeland | The Landscapes of Cumbria No.5 | Keswick | Rigg Side Publications |
| Smith, Alan | 2014 | The Smaller Lakes and Tarns of Lakeland | The Landscapes of Cumbria No.6 | Keswick | Rigg Side Publications |
| Smith, Alan | 2003 | The Story of the Bowder Stone | The Landscapes of Cumbria | Keswick | Rigg Side Publications |
| Thompson, Ian | 2010 | The English Lakes: A History | London | Bloomsbury Publishing | |
| Wainwright, Alfred | 2015 | A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells: The Eastern Fells | Book 1, Walkers Edition | London | Frances Lincoln |
| Wainwright, Alfred | 2016 | A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells: The Central Fells | Book 3, Walkers Edition | London | Frances Lincoln |
| Wainwright, Alfred | 2017 | A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells: The Southern Fells | Book 4, Walkers Edition | London | Frances Lincoln |
| Whaley, Diana | 2006 | A Dictionary of Lake District Place-Names | Nottingham | English Place-Name Society | |
| Wordsworth, William | 1951 | A Guide Through the District of the Lakes | London | Rupert Hart-Davis | |
| Wright, Joseph | 1898 | The English Dialect Dictionary | Volume 1 (A–C) | London | Henry Frowde |
| Wright, Joseph | 1900 | The English Dialect Dictionary | Volume 2 (D–G) | London | Henry Frowde |
| Wright, Joseph | 1902 | The English Dialect Dictionary | Volume 3 (H–L) | London | Henry Frowde |
| Wright, Joseph | 1903 | The English Dialect Dictionary | Volume 4 (M–Q) | London | Henry Frowde |
| Wright, Joseph | 1904 | The English Dialect Dictionary | Volume 5 (R–S) | London | Henry Frowde |
| Wright, Joseph | 1905 | The English Dialect Dictionary | Volume 6 (T–Z) | London | Henry Frowde |
TCWAAS series
The following lists articles or chapters from Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. There are three series, each which contained multiple volumes:
- TCWAASC – Original Series
- TCWAAS2 – New Series
- TCWAAS3 – Third Series
Each listing from these sources will contain the volume and page numbers of the article/chapter.
A search of the Transactions can be found here
| Author | Year | Title | Series | Volume | Page(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collingwood, William Gershom | 1904 | The Home of the Derwentwater Family | New | 4 | 257-287 |
| Thompson, W.N. | 1904 | The Derwentwaters and Radcliffes | New | 4 | 288-322 |