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Page xi:-
[neglect]ed; perhaps both might be the case. As proof of
this, we need only point to the large and extensive parishes
of Kendal, Greystoke, Crosthwaite, Brigham, and Saint Bees,
and the numerous dependent chapelries which have been
erected within them since the time of the Reformation. These
chapels present no architectural features worthy of notice,
and the mother churches are for the most part extremely
plain, partaking of the progressive alteration of style from
Norman to early English.
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time to visit
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With respect to the time of visiting the Lakes, it is
difficult to speak, so as to unite the convenience and taste
of tourists with the most advantageous season; however, we
may say, that either early spring or autumn affords, on the
whole, the greatest diversity in the colouring of the
scenery. In summer, there is too general a green, and if the
weather should not prove rainy, the misty and hazy state of
the atmosphere prevents distant views. Perhaps the best time
is, between the end of May and the middle of June; the days
are long, the weather fine, many of the trees
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gazetteer links
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-- Brigham
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-- "Calder Abbey" -- Calder Abbey
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-- Furness Abbey
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-- Greystoke
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-- Holme Coultram Abbey
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-- Kendal
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-- "Crosthwaite parish" -- Keswick
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-- "Saint Bees" -- St Bees
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-- "St Bees Abbey" -- St Mary and St Bega's Church
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