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Lake District Place Names

Westmorland: The Changing Hills
Jack be Nimble
Author: Robert Gambles

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Reviews:
A book which has been very successful in Lakeland and beyond. Westmorland Gazette

…combines scholarly research with popular presentation… and will answer many questions and settle many an argument, and enrich the Lakeland experience. Keswick Reminder

…rooted in serious research, it succeeds in maintaining its level of intelligent explanation …carefully compiled and purposefully presented, it will furnish answers to the inquisitive, please browsers, and provide many a surprise for the uninitiated. Conserving Lakeland

The Author:

ROBERT Gambles was born and grew up in Derbyshire. He was a scholar of St John’s College, Oxford, where he took an Honours degree in Modern History and a post-graduate Diploma in Education. He also has a Licentiate Diploma in Music. His professional career was spent in Education, mainly in Cambridge and Liverpool.

He acquired a love of the Lake District early in life and he has lived in Cumbria in his years of retirement during which he has explored the whole district and written a number of books and many articles on various aspects of its history. 

These have included Man in Lakeland: 4,000 Years of Human Settlement; Out of the Forest: The Natural World and the Place-names of Cumbria; Walks around Windermere; The Place-names of the Yorkshire Dales; The Spa Resorts and Mineral Springs of Cumbria; Walks on the Borders of Lakeland; The Story of the Lakeland Dales; Echoes of Old Lakeland; and Escape to the Lakes: The First Tourists which won awards at the 2012 Lake District Book of the Year event. He has also pursued his interest in a wider national history and a critical study of some of the well-known stories from British history will be published soon. Through his Norwegian wife he acquired a special interest in the life and history of Norway.

A keen but pragmatic interest in conservation and the protection of the natural environment has always featured in his philosophy of life and he was for many years a Trustee and member of the Executive Committee of the Friends of the Lake District.

  • ISBN: 190 452 4923
  • Published early 2023
  • Price £10.00 + postage 
  • 180 pages 
  • Illustrated with 13 black & white drawings 

Author

Robert Gambles

Robert Gambles was born and grew up in Derbyshire. He was a scholar of St John’s College, Oxford, where he took an Honours degree in Modern History and a post-graduate Diploma in Education. He also has a Licentiate Diploma in Music. His professional career was spent in Education, mainly in Ely and Liverpool. He acquired a love of the Lake District early in life and he has lived in Cumbria in his years of retirement during which he has explored the whole district and written a number of books and many articles on various aspects of its history. The author has also pursued his interest in a wider national history and a critical study of some of the well-known stories from British history was published in 2013 under the title Great Tales from British History, and was described by The Guardian as ‘hugely enjoyable’. Through his Norwegian wife he acquired a special interest in the life and history of Norway: Hayloft recently published his acclaimed Espen Ash Lad a collection of Folk Tales from Norway. A keen but pragmatic interest in conservation and the protection of the natural environment has always featured in his philosophy of life and he was for many years a Trustee and member of the Executive Committee of the Friends of the Lake District. He has also worked as a volunteer for the National Trust. Cover image and some photographs inside the book by Val Corbett.