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Elter Water
Loughrigg Tarn
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At this place is a very pretty opening of the Lake; after
having been concealed by Brathay woods for some time. There
are, on the right, two little Lakes called
Elter-water, and Loughrigg, both stocked with
fish, but no ways remarkable for any thing.
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Coniston Water
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Coniston Lake, by some called Thurston Water,
is in the county of Lancashire; it abounds with the several
kinds of fish found in Winandermere, and the fishermen
account the charr more valuable in this Lake than the other,
but I think they are much the same.
Near the height of this Lake stood a priory of Cistercian
Monks, founded by William Pennington *, which at the
dissolution was valued at 124l. 2s.1 d.
the remains of which are yet to be seen. In Langdale Fells,
above here, are got the largest quantities of blue slate in
any part of this kingdom; it is of the most excellent
quality, and is carried down this Lake, and from thence to
the sea near Ulverstone, where it is shipped and carried
abroad. Langdale is as poor as any in these parts,
except for the slate quarries and the slaters, (like the
miners in Patterdale, page 33,) debauch the natives so far,
that even the poor Curate is obliged to sell ale to
support himself and family; and at his house I have played
Barnaby with him on the Sabbath-day morning, when he
left us with the good old song,
"I'll but preach, and be with you again."
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Hawkshead
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We will next return to Hawkshead, a little market-town about
four miles from Ambleside, pleasantly situated at the foot
of a range of small mountains, covered chiefly with wood. On
the south side of the valley, in the middle of which is a
Lake called Estthwaite-water, about a mile and a half
in length, and somewhat less than half a mile in breadth: it
is the sole property of Miles Sandy's, Esq; who has a boat
and some few swans upon it, which add greatly to its beauty,
and contains pike, perch, and eels, as the other Lakes, but
not plentiful, and no charr. At Hawkshead is a
grammar-school endowed with one hundred pounds salary; the
present master and usher are both Fellows of Colleges, and
have upwards of one hundred boys under their care: this
school is very beneficial both to the town and
neighbourhood, by the number of gentlemens sons boarded
there; it also makes this place much resorted to by the
families who visit their children here in Summer; its market
is weekly, on Mondays.
The church is situated upon a high hill close to the town,
(or rather within it,) its vicarial worth about 160 pounds
per annum, and the present incumbent is Mr Brathwaite
of Bellmont, whose modern built house stands delightfully
upon a hill near a mile from the town; it commands an
agreeable and extensive view of the Lake, town, and
cottages, dispersed among copses of woods and lawns; this
prospect would please the most rustic and unpolished
observer; and cannot but catch the eyes of every traveller,
though not seeking for delights of that nature. In the
church-yard is a stone with the following inscription upon
it:
In memory of Banks Robinson, late of High-Wray, who departed
this life 17th October 1782, in the 85th year of his age:
Also Agness his wife, Who departed this life 23d June 1763,
in the 55th year of her age.
In testimony of a dutiful regard for the best of parents,
this stone was erected by their three children, John, Banks,
and Ann.
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* Ancestor of the present Lord Mulcaster of
Mulcaster-Hall in the West of Cumberland. A road leads to
this Lake from here over Hardknott and
Wryness, where the counties of Cumberland,
Westmorland, and Lancashire meet.
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gazetteer links
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-- "Bellmont" -- Belmount Hotel
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-- "Coniston Lake" -- Coniston Water
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-- "Estthwaitewater" -- Esthwaite Water
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-- Hawkshead Grammar School
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-- "Hawkshead" -- Hawkshead
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-- "High Wray" -- High Wray
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-- (priory, Monk Coniston)
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-- St Michael and All Angels Church
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