John Richardson of Saint John's in the Vale

John Richardson is one of Cumberland's best loved poets. Born in 1817, he lived in St John's in the Vale until his death in 1886. In his writings in poetry and prose, mostly written in Cumbrian dialect, Richardson cherished the landscape of the Lakes which he knew so well, its hill farms and rivers, and some of its remarkable people.David Hilton, the poet's great-great-nephew, introduces Richardson's life and work-and the landscape that inspired as a builder, schoolmaster and writer. In this book, Richardson's writings in poetry and prose, including his Cummerland Talk; Being Short Tales And Rhymes In The Dialect of That County, Together With A Few Miscellaneous Pieces in Verse and his inimitable Stwories 'At Ganny Use' To Tell, are once again made available to readers of our time.