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Eccentric Millionaire's Island Project Creates Lasting Lake District Legacy

In 1778, Joseph Pocklington, a wealthy man from Nottinghamshire, bought Derwent Island in the Lake District, building extravagant structures that angered locals but led to the popular Keswick Regatta (1781-1849).

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