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The first graphite was found in Borrowdale, in the lake district, and by 1832, pencil making was a thriving cottage industry in Keswick. Derwent began as The Cumberland Pencil Company in 1916, and moved to a new purpose-build factory in 2008, turning the old factory into the Pencil Museum.

• For more background, read about when we visited Derwent.

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