King of Mardale

There was a King Across the Water,
And a King down by the sea,
And a King upon an island,
Who King shall always be,
But the King of the fells
Lives only in memory,

Now Mardale valley is a lake
An Avalon with no Hand Above the Water,
No sword, no Lady Fairies Daughter,

Reaching from the reservoir
Just a lonely old church tower,
Monument  to the last King's power

The rugged mountains of the Lake District were, until the 18th Century, neglected by the British government to such an extent that the mighty people living there  functioned as  independent  Kingdoms.
The last King of Mardale died in 1885.
Mardale valley was destroyed to build a reservoir in 1935.
On a clear day, one can still see the church tower above the water. The bell still rings sometimes.