History of Cumbria Like Wordsworth, he took a paternalistic view of the "lower-classes" saying that "I don't want to let them see Helvellyn while they are drunk." However, the project that really made the Lake District into national news was Manchester Corporation Water Works's scheme to dam Thirlmere to provide water to the city, first proposed in 1876 and finally "on tap" in 1894. Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley, the future co-founder of the National Trust was undecided : he was a strong advocate of the Lake District's ability to provide recreation, rest and fresh-air, as well as aesthetic pleasure, but also knew just how
Eynesbury Hardwicke parish council. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,124. The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2010 and the area divided between Abbotsley and St Neots. Eynesbury Hardwicke Eynesbury Hardwicke was a civil parish in the Huntingdonshire part of Cambridgeshire, England. Eynesbury Hardwicke was historically part of Eynesbury parish. That parish was split in two in 1895; the village of Eynesbury was incorporated into the town of St Neots. Eynesbury Hardwicke parish was formed from the remaining 2,641 acres (10.7 km²) of countryside. Caldecote Manor, Eynesbury Hardwicke House and the site of