Cumberland is a historic county of North West England which was established in the Middle Ages and has played an important administrative function in the area since the 12th century.

The Scottish Highlands are the historic region of Scotland. They came from the late middle ages and the modern period has been replaced by the term Highland Boundry fault. They are next to the lowlands, with the Great Glen dividing the mountain region. The area is less populated than other parts of Scotland, with a modern population of 600,000 people. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the population rose to 300,00 but decreased after people started migrating. The Highlands are the only part of Scotland to have a taiga biome near the British Isles.

Thornhill, Scotland is a village that sits in the Nithsdale valley in the North of Scotland. This village is near Drumlanrig Castle, which was built in the 17th century and is now home to the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry. In Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland, Woodsworth passes through Thornhill in order to visit the Castle that resides near the village.

Pre-Revolutionary Russia was a period of time before WW1 in which Russia was ruled by an all-powerful Tsar, who held a seat of total power in the country.

Ambleside, England was a place mentioned in excerpts from, Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland, A.D. 1803, by Dorothy Wordsworth, and was published in 1874. Ambleside is a town(formerly a civil parish) in Cumbria, North West England. In the early 1800s, the center and focus of the town was its' market place. Now, market continues, with shops, cinema, restaurants, and is popular with tourists and outdoorsmen. It also is the head of Windermere, which is the largest lake in England.

River Nith is a river that is located in the southwest of Scotland; it is one of the major rivers of Scotland and flows nearly twelve miles. It is mentioned in the excerpt from Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland, in which Dorothy writes of traveling alongside it. They corss the river and comment on the land surrounding it, a significant part in her commentary on Scotland. As a major Scottish river, it is fitting that it is a large part of their travels. 

Ullswater, located in England's Lake District, is the second largest lake in the district and measures approximately 7 1/2 miles. This lake became a hotspot for tourism during the late 18th century, with the Lake District's first travel guide being published in 1778.

Loch Lomond is a lake that is located in southern Scotland. The lake has some geogrpahical significance, as it is crosses the Highland Boundary Fault. This fault is commonly considered the boundry between the lowlands of Central Scotalnd and the Highlands. As are result, the lake is also the boundry betwen the counties of Strilingshire and Dunbatonshire.

The complex is a museum in the farm Robert Burns built, lived in and farmed from 1788 until 1791. The name is said to be derived from "Isle's Land", the name of a neighboring estate. Burns gave up the farm in 1791 after he decided to switch from arable farming to dairying then continuing on to a career in the Excise. (wiki)

The farm is referenced several times in Dorothy Wordsworth's Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland, A.D. 1803 when referencing other landmarks and locations