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Page 189:-
The Inhabitants say, that under this Burgh in the very
AEstuary, there was first a Sea Fight between the Scots
and English; and when the Tide was out, a second Fight
began between the Horse of both Sides, as strange as that which
Pliny relates in Caramania, and makes a great
Wonder of it: Into this AEstuary the Huna, or River
Eden, having pass'd thro' Part of Westmoreland, and
quite cross the N.E. Parts of the County, falls with a vast Body
of Waters, which in the Year 1216, seemed to be the greatest
Enemy that the Scots had, for when they had plunder'd the
English without Resistance, and were returning with Loads
of Spoil, they came upon them with a full Torrent, and quickly
swallow'd up the whole plundering Crew.
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Eden
Eamont
Ullswater
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The River Eden, almost as soon as it enters this County,
receives from the W. the River Eimont, which has its Rise
from the Lake call'd Ulles or Ulleswater. Upon the
Banks of which, where the little River Dacre joins it,
stands
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Dacre
Dacre Castle
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Dacre-Castle, noted in later Ages for giving its Name to
the Family of the Barons de Dacre; and was mentioned by
Bede for having a Monastery there in his Time. The Castle
has still some Signs that it was anciently a magnificent
Building, when it was the Seat of that Family; but there are no
Remains of a Monastery, nor does it appear by any Records that it
has been standing since the Conquest.
William of Malmesbury takes Notice of its being the
Place where Constantine, King of the Scots, and
Eugenius, King of Cumberland, put themselves and
their Kingdoms under the Protection of King Athelstane.
Near this Place is
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Dalemain
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Dalemain, the Mansion House of Edward Hassel, Esq;
held of the Barony of Graystock in Cornage, by which
Tenure the Possessors of these, and other Lands in the same
Manor, are oblig'd, under the Penalty of forfeiting them, to give
Notice of any Enemy's Approach by the sounding of an Horn, and to
serve in the Wars against the Scots, marching thither in
the Van, and returning in the Rear. Somewhat higher, at a little
Distance from the Conflux of the Eimont and Lodor,
(at
which
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gazetteer links
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-- "King Arthur's Table" -- Arthur's Round Table
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-- "Burgh upon Sands" -- Burgh by Sands
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-- "Dacre Castle" -- Dacre Castle
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-- "Dalemain" -- Dalemain
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-- "Eimont, River" -- Eamont, River
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-- (monastery, Dacre)
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-- "Ulles" -- Ullswater
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