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and other public purposes. The parish church of Crosthwaite
stands almost in the centre of this finest of vales; the
parish is very extensive, containing scenery not to be
surpassed, whether you regard the varied beauties of Derwent
Water, the stern majesty of Thirlmere, the lovely rural
meads of Newlands, the sublime gorge of Borrowdale, or the
lone grandeur of Watendlath. The church, dedicated to St.
Kentigern, is a building of the age when the perpendicular
style of architecture was becoming debased, and consists of
a nave, with aisles and chancel. There is an interesting
hexagonal font, having shields and figures carved on each of
the fronts; and in one of the windows there is some stained
glass. The church was anciently covered with lead, which was
exchanged for a roof of slate in 1812. The vicarage is
beautifully placed on an eminence half a mile from the
church, and commands a rich extending prospect. Near the
parish church-yard is the Grammar School, and the charitable
institutions are very numerous and creditable to the
inhabitants. A new church of the pointed style, having a
tower and spire at the west end, has been built by the late
William Marshall, Esq. the purchaser of the Greenwich
property, situated here. This is a pleasing object in the
approach from Penrith. At Keswick are manufactories of
coarse woollen goods, edge-tools, and black-lead pencils.
The great high-roads from Kendal and Penrith, to
Cockermouth, Whitehaven, &c. unite here, rendering this
place the grand rendez-
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