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  • I suppose when Lady Eskdale is left alone again you will be sent for.

    The Semi-Attached Couple 1860

  • "Lady Eskdale is so lucky – in fact, so clever – in marrying off her daughters, that it would not the least surprise me if she actually caught Lord Teviot for Lady Helen," was the spiteful prophecy of many who were trembling at the idea of its fulfillment.

    The Semi-Attached Couple 1860

  • While living at Shrewsbury, he had his poem of 'Eskdale' reprinted for private circulation.

    The Life of Thomas Telford Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1867

  • 'Eskdale' was afterwards reprinted by Telford when living at Shrewsbury, when he added a few lines by way of conclusion.

    The Life of Thomas Telford Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1867

  • Last Monday, however, England's highest peaks were obscured by mist, though further along the skyline fleeting sunbeams spotlit the Eskdale Needle.

    Country diary: Border End Tony Greenbank 2010

  • Since then the occasion has graced every valley from Borrowdale to Ennerdale, from Wasdale to Eskdale, taking in the peaks in between.

    Country diary: Kentmere Tony Greenbank 2010

  • William Borthwick fled to Eskdale in Dumfriesshire and remained hid in the woods there for a long time, his property and everything belonging to him being confiscated.

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • In the tiny hamlet of Eskdale, past one of the ubiquitous coal tipples, on a battered and potholed track, lie a series of ramshackle houses.

    Mine Explosion Leaves Coal Town Stunned Douglas Belkin 2010

  • In the tiny hamlet of Eskdale, past one of the ubiquitous coal tipples, on a battered and potholed track, lie a series of ramshackle houses.

    Mine Explosion Leaves Coal Town Stunned Douglas Belkin 2010

  • "People thought things were really going to change after that," said Karen Rumberg, who runs the tiny clapboard post office in Eskdale.

    Mine Explosion Leaves Coal Town Stunned Douglas Belkin 2010

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