Eskdale, Cumbria
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Eskdale is a civil parish in the west of the Lake District National Park, and the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is named after the Eskdale valley which the River Esk flows through on its
The panorama across Eskdale from Hardknott Roman Fort
St Catherine's Church
Dalegarth railway station, eastern terminus of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
Church of St Bega at Eskdale Green, with village hall on lower ground floor below the church
Cumbria shootings
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The Cumbria shootings were a spree shooting and mass shooting that occurred on 2 June 2010 when a lone gunman, taxi driver Derrick Bird, killed twelve people and injured eleven others across multiple
Eskdale, Cumbria
…1960 it was bought by a preservation society, since when it has been run as a heritage railway. On 2 June 2010, the area was the scene of some of the Cumbria shootings perpetrated by 52-year-old taxi driver Derrick Bird, who shot and killed twelve people and wounded eleven others. Several of the wounded victims were…
The Eskdale valley, site of Bird's suicide