William Green's Sixty Small Prints, page
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No.21. GRASMERE, FROM TOWN END. Town End is somewhat more than three miles from Ambleside, on the Keswick road. The church and village of Grasmere are here in middle distance, above which is seen Allan Bank, the seat of George Crump, Esq.; Helm Crag is the rocky summit in the extreme distance, on which are two points, of different sizes, called the Lion and the Lamb. This view is from a field near the first house in Grasmere, which from its situation is, with propriety, called Town End. No.22. GRASMERE, FROM TAIL END. It has been before observed that there is a horse road from Pelter Bridge to Grasmere Church, by passing, on the right, Rydal and Grasmere Waters. On this road, Tail End is about three miles and three quarters from Ambleside, and one mile from Grasmere Church. This interesting view of the lake and vale of Grasmere is from the room built by Francis Dukinfield Astley, Esq. in addition to the farm-house, and exhibits nearly the same middle-ground and distant materials as the preceding, only under a different arrangement. Helm Crag is here upon the left, and between it and the village Allan Bank. The mountain called Seat Sandal is in the middle of the extreme distance, between which and Helm Crag, at the intersection of the sweeping lines, is Dunmail Raise, a considerable heap of stones, dividing Westmorland and Cumberland; under which see the zig-zag road from Ambleside to Keswick: a process of Fairfield on the right, and Seat Sandal on the left, rise above the road from Grasmere by Grizedale Tarn to Patterdale. |
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