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Index
A
- Acts of Parliament
- Leeds Corporation Water Order, 1960, 40
- Leeds Corporation Waterworks Act, 1867, 28
- Water Resources Act, 1963, 39
- afforestation, 15, 86–7, 71–90, 151, 171, 172, 173, 179
- Acland, Sir Francis, 83, 84
- Acland Report, 73
- agricultural shows, 86
- benefits of, 71, 73, 778
- breeds of tree, 78, 87, 179
- characterisation of unemployed labour, 79–83, 179–80
- civic education, 86, 177
- Forestry Commission, 16, 72, 73, 83, 85, 86, 87, 89–90
- loss of farming land, 84, 86
- national, 72, 73, 83
- private, 73
- Royal Commission on, 83
- use of unemployed labour, 16, 72, 73, 74–83, 89
- working conditions, 75, 78–81, 89
- Aitken, Russel, 54–5
- Alexandra, Queen, 36
- amenity, 4, 14, 24, 31, 82, 87–8, 96, 117
- preservationists, 87–8, 111, 147
- angling, 16–17, 103, 120–8, 174
- access to, 120–124, 127–8
- citizenship, 174
- development of, 120–121
- fly fishing, 117
- participation, 120–122, 127–8
- societies, 123–8
- species of fish, 123
- and waterworks management, 123–8, 138
- Association of Water Engineers, 171
B
C
- Campaign for the Preservation of Rural England, 87, 88, 162
- Capel Celyn, 40, 159–60, 165, 173, 179–80
- civic identity, 9–10, 42–3, 111–12, 117–18, 122–3, 127–8, 138, 172, 176–9
- civic pride, 15, 16, 42, 71–2, 82, 84, 85, 89, 96, 104, 122, 127–8, 176–9
- civic rivalry, 31, 101
- Claerwen Valley, 3, 35, 41, 98, 156
- Cil-Oerwynt, 35
- Dol y Mynach, 35
- Pany y Beddau, 35
- Reservoir, 41, 58–60, 64, 165, 172, 177, 180
- Clarke, Sir Andrew, 54–5
- community, 17, 146, 173
- decline of rural life, 147–55, 159, 161–4, 165
- entertainment, 148, 150, 154
- feasts, 148–51, 154, 165
- friendly societies, 150–151, 154, 165
- participation, 148–49, 152–5
- religion, 148–9
- tenant farmers, 152–5, 164, 173
- Co-operative Holiday Association, 130–131
- cultural landscape, 163, 172, 174, 176, 182
- aesthetic appearance of, 98, 99–106
- defence of rural idyll, 106–9
- nature writing, 112
- picturesque, 98–99, 103, 109, 120, 133
- place promotion ,100
- romanticism, 16, 96, 98–9, 103, 106, 108–9, 110–11, 113, 128, 130, 175–6, 180
- rural nostalgia, 106–9, 113, 164, 176
- urban improvement of, 96, 100, 102, 103–6, 111
D
E
- Edward VII, King, 36
- Elan Valley
- afforestation of, 74, 84–5, 88, 90, 180
- Caban Coch, 35–6, 96, 121, 138
- Craig Goch, 35, 121
- Cwm Elan, 98
- Garreg Ddu, 35–6
- Pen-y-Garreg, 35–6, 121
- Elizabeth II, Queen, 42
- engineering expertise, 51–7
- environment, 10–12, 12–14, 179–81
- climate change, 1, 181
- ecology, 65, 72, 73, 78, 112, 138, 179–80
- progressive narrative of, 3–4, 59, 62, 65, 102
F
G
H
J
L
- Labour Party
- afforestation, 80–81
- water nationalisation, 7, 39
- Labour movement, 74, 79–80
- Lake District, 4, 16, 17, 27, 30–33, 37, 41, 51, 87, 96, 101, 105, 128, 136, 155
- Haweswater, 30–33
- Helvellyn, 97, 130
- Ullswater, 30–32
- Windermere, 30–32, 41, 97
- land purchases, 40, 75, 84, 119–20, 121, 132, 151–2, 156, 161, 173, 179
- Leeds
- Town Hall, 9, 36
- ‘Leeds Lake District’, 16, 101–3, 105, 113, 163, 177
- Waterworks Company, 24, 25
- leisure
- access, 175
- boating, 105, 121
- citizenship, 16–17, 118, 126–8, 135–6, 138, 174
- and civic pride, 178
- class, 16–17, 118, 124–5, 127–8, 135–6, 138–9, 174, 175
- development of, 172, 182
- gender, 118, 127–8, 131–2, 135–6, 138, 175
- shooting, 118–20
- Llyn Celyn, 3, 17, 40–41, 146, 159, 162, 163
- Local Government Board, 78, 81
- London, 7
- Metropolitan Water Board, 25
- Royal Commission on the Supply of Water, 1869, 31, 35
M
- Manchester, 4, 6–7, 32, 58, 109, 123, 134, 155
- Haweswater Reservoir, 37–8, 58, 133, 134
- Thirlmere Defence Association, 4, 121
- Thirlmere Reservoir, 4, 6, 24, 31, 97, 101, 107, 108–9, 112, 121, 130, 131, 132, 136, 137, 172, 175, 182
- Ullswater, 41, 182
- Mansergh, James, 35
- municipal government
- finances, 26–7, 32–4, 73
- municipalisation of water supply, 6–7, 24, 25, 27, 30, 35
- utilities, 24
N
O
P
R
- Ramblers’ Federation
- Lake District, 133, 134
- West Riding, 133–7
- rambling, 16–17, 117, 128–37, 174
- access to, 128–37, 138
- citizenship, 174
- class, 128–32, 134–6
- hikers, 133, 134–6, 138
- participation, 130–132
- politics, 130–131
- Rawlinson, Robert, 34–5
- Regional Water Board, 24, 39, 112, 177
- reservoirs
- aesthetic impact of, 59, 61, 82
- agriculture,173
- architecture, 64
- Bilberry, 50–51, 66
- Burrator, 85, 99
- Clatworthy, 60–61
- Cow Green, 41, 59, 163
- Dale Dike, 25, 49, 50–51, 57, 66
- disasters, 49, 50–51, 55–7, 66, 179
- earthen-embankment, 64, 99, 101
- Eccup, 26, 29
- environmental impact of, 50–57, 59–60, 61–5
- Eye Brook, 85
- Fens, 1–2
- Gileppe, 171
- Gorton, 121
- gravitation, 49, 171, 173
- infrastructure, 42, 50, 59–62, 172, 175, 177, 182
- infrastructure failure, 56–7
- Kielder, 59, 172
- Ladybower, 88, 133, 160
- Leighton, 37–8, 58
- Loch Katrine, 101, 103
- masonry, 54, 171
- pumping, 173
- Rivington, 30, 32, 121
- Rutland Water, 39, 112, 156, 163, 176
- South East Strategic Reservoir Option, 2
- South Lincolnshire, 1–2
- Shustoke, 35
- South Fork, 55
- Toddbrook, 49
- Yarrow, 30
- riparian rights, 27, 32
- rivers
- Burn, 26
- Ceiriog, 158
- Claerwen, 34, 58
- Conemaugh, 55
- Dee, 30, 56, 158
- Derwent,104
- Elan, 34
- Elfe, 56
- Hodder, 30
- Laver, 26
- Nidd, 26, 104
- Ribble, 30
- Tryweryn, 40, 158–60, 163, 164, 165, 174, 176, 182
- Washburn, 26
- Wharfe, 26, 51, 104
- Wyre, 30, 31
- rural depopulation, 108, 118, 145, 147, 151, 155, 157, 159–161 163, 173–4
- rural modernism, 4–5, 13–14, 64, 96, 109–11, 155, 157–60, 175–6, 178
S
T
U
V
W
- Walsingham, Lord, 119, 123
- Washburn Valley
- afforestation of, 71, 74–83, 89–90
- construction of reservoirs, 28
- Farnley Hall, 97–8, 151
- Fewston, 26, 28–9, 52, 121, 149, 179–80
- Fewston village, subsidence of, 51–3, 66, 108, 148–149, 155, 179
- fax industry, 104, 108, 161
- Lindley Wood, 26, 27, 28–9, 51, 105, 119, 133
- River, 104
- Robinson Library, 149–50, 153
- Swinsty, 26, 28–9, 51, 108, 121, 149, 180
- Tenant Farmers’ Association, 152–5, 164, 165
- Thruscross, 17, 26, 28–9, 40, 41–2, 60–65, 105, 160–164, 165, 172, 174
- West End, 40, 60, 160–164, 165, 174, 179
- water
- compensation, 31
- consumer politics, 58
- consumption, 30, 58, 181
- demand for, 11, 30, 35, 38–9, 158, 161, 181
- drought, 1, 12, 9, 35, 37, 39, 57–8, 73, 164, 178, 181
- governmentality, 8–9
- pollution abatement, 40, 73, 75, 84, 120–121, 125, 134, 173, 179
- privatisation, 112
- Williams, Emlyn, 156–158, 160, 162
- The Last Days of Dolywn, 156–8, 160, 162, 165, 176
- Wordsworth, William, 96