Keswick

Documents show that Keswick was first recorded as a settlement during the 13th century when it was known as Cese-wic. This indicates that the town was a market for cheese, and is where the current name of Keswick is thought to derive from.

In 1276, the town was granted a charter to become a market town with the market being held every Saturday, just as it is to this very day.

Keswick followed the rest of Cumbria and Lakeland during the 16th century, by joining the mining industry. Famously, the town was the source of the world's very first graphite pencil.

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