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Page 16:-
round-topped verdant elevations, give a softness and beauty
to this part of the lake scenery that can scarcely be
excelled. The town is of great antiquity, and several of the
houses are old, singular, artist-like subjects. The Old Hall
of the abbots of Furness is now a farm-house. The
market-place is pretty spacious, and has a neat town-house
erected a few years ago. The church, dedicated to Saint
Michael, appears to be of an early age, and stands upon an
eminence commanding a prospect of the lake and valley. The
Grammar-school, founded by Archbishop Sandys, has produced
many eminent scholars.
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Esthwaite Water
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ESTHWAITE WATER
Is about two miles in length, and half a mile across. It is
encompassed by an excellent carriage road, and from its
unequal figure and enclosures - its two peninsulas fringed
with trees, shooting into the lake - form exceeding good
scenery. Perch, pike, eels, and trout, are the fish taken in
its waters. A small floating island also occasionally
appears to astonish the beholder.
In passing round the lake, there are three remote but
distinct distances, which add grandeur to the placid lake,
and its surrounding open valley and gently swelling
eminences - the Langdale Pikes, the Fells of Grasmere,
Rydal, Ambleside, and Gunner's How.
Some think the most advantageous point of view in which this
water appears, is to the traveller
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-- "Esthwaite Water" -- Esthwaite Water
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-- (floating island, Priest Pot)
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-- "Grammar School, The" -- Hawkshead Grammar
School
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-- "Hawkshead" -- Hawkshead
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-- St Michael and All Angels Church
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