ARLECDON History Group has been nominated for a top literary award.

Its members have been shortlisted for the Lakeland Book of the Year with their work, Frizington – Much More Than One Long Street.

The awards will be presented at the Armathwaite Hall Hotel on Wednesday, July 6.

Twenty books have made it to the short-list out of 50 entered.

Hunter Davies, founder of the awards and judge, said: "I don’t think in 32 years we have had so many books on subjects I have never before read books about - such as the history of cattle droving, the history of holy wells in Cumbria and what must be the ultimate story of the Alhambra cinema in Ambleside.”

Also judging are broadcasters Eric Robson and Fiona Armstrong, as well as the Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries.

There are six prizes on offer The Striding Edge Productions Prize for Guides and Places; The Latitude Press Prize for Illustration and Presentation; The Zeffirellis Prize for People and Business; The Bookends Prize for Arts and Literature; The Bill Rollinson Prize for Landscape and Tradition and The Hunter Davies Book of the Year 2016.

Also shortlisted are Historic Cumbria Off the Beaten Track by Beth and Steve Piper; Lakeland Waterways by Robert Beale and Richard Kirkman;

The Dambuilders by Norman Nicholson; Walking with Birds by Colin Whittle and Wordsworth, War and Waterloo by Simon Bainbridge and Jeff Cowton.