In this post, I will be researching the county of Cumbria where my site will be located. This will be important so I can have important information such as the weather and the historical context so I know what materials to use and how are they reflected in the context of the city, that I will need to add to my design.
To start with apparently Cumbria was originally part of Scotland because the territory was given to the king of Scots Malcom as part of an alliance deal, in 1092 William ll conquered southern Cumbria and then it was passed to King David l of Scotland due to pass of Henry I in 1135. But Henry ll took it and made it part of England again, in 1157 after the treaty of York that separated England and Scotland border landlines. It was originally a farm area, this dates back to 1764 and 1778 when documents show 12 farms in the manor of Sea scale.
But it was officially created in 1974, it is a community whose economic source is based in agriculture and tourism it contains biggest the National Park in Britain and also has some of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It was introduced to the Railway system in 1850 which made the location a holiday destination in between families. Fishing, beach casting, Windsurfing, water surfing and water skiing.
SeascaleOn the top left of the image, it’s also possible to see the Sellafield Nuclear Power Site. The world’s first commercial nuclear station it operated from 1950 to 2004 this location also has a nuclear reactor that suffered from an accident in 1957. As well as a processing plant, a place where the used fuel from nuclear reactors is converted into reusable uranium, plutonium and other radioactive materials.
According to the image above the climate in Seascale is in its majority cloudy, cold and wet the average temperature is between 37F to 65F but it does not go lower than 30 or above 72 degrees the best temperature for tourists is June to August.
In the map above, there is a space between St Bees and Barrow, where Seascale is located and where an RNLI lifeboat is needed. That is why I have chosen this location.
References
In (2012). Rum Butter. [online] Rum Butter. Available at: http://rumbutter.info/gen-cumb-nr-places-seascale/beginning [Accessed 2025].
Weatherspark.com. (2025). Seascale Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (United Kingdom) - Weather Spark. [online] Available at: https://weatherspark.com/y/37963/Average-Weather-in-Seascale-United-Kingdom-Year-Round [Accessed 30 Jan. 2025].
Livingseasnw.org.uk. (2020). Fish - including sharks, skates and rays | Living Seas North West. [online] Available at: https://www.livingseasnw.org.uk/wildlife-explorer/marine/fish-including-sharks-skates-and-rays?page=1 [Accessed 29 Jan. 2025].
Cumbria Lord-Lieutenant (n.d.). Cumbria and its history | Cumbria Lord-Lieutenant. [online] cumbria-lieutenant.org.uk. Available at: https://cumbria-lieutenant.org.uk/cumbria-and-its-history [Accessed 28 Jan. 2025].
Shannon, B. and McClintock, M. (2022). A Thousand Years of Cumbria (Background) | Cumbria County History Trust. [online] Cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk. Available at: https://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/thousand-years-cumbria-background [Accessed 28 Jan. 2025].
Visit Lake District. (2025). Seascale. [online] Available at: https://www.visitlakedistrict.com/explore/seascale-p1214161 [Accessed 28 Jan. 2025].
Visit Cumbria. (2023). Seascale. [online] Available at: https://www.visitcumbria.com/wc/seascale/.
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