Hi Pauline,
That sounds wonderful. I have so far written several draft chapters. I have recently spent a lot of time in the Records Office in Kendal transcribing documents re Easter dues and the poor amongst other things. It is surprising that no comprehensive history of Bowness has, to my knowledge, ever been written, even though it is such a magnet for visitors and is also the only major settlement in Lakeland that is actually adjacent to a lake.
John