The 1865 completion of a northern line from Cockermouth (Wordsworth's birthplace) to Penrith (where the young Dorothy lived for a time after the death of their mother) stimulated speculation about, and efforts to, extend rails across the central Lake District. These included speculation about an extension to Ambleside in 1875 (opposed by Ruskin) and the effort to connect the northern line to Buttermere in 1883 (opposed by Rawnsley).
Vetted?
No