Norman Cornthwaite Nicholson OBE (1914Ð1987) was an English poet associated with the Cumbrian town of Millom. His poetry is noted for local concerns, straightforward language, and elements of common speech. Although known chiefly for poetry, Nicholson wrote much in other forms: novels, plays, essays, topography and criticism. This book of topography came out in 1949, in The County Books series. 49 bw photographs, 1 pullout map.