180 ON RIGHT FROM KESWICK. VII. KESWICK-BORROWDALE-BUTTERMERE-SCALEHILLCOCKERMOUTH, 254 Miles. From Cockerm. From Keswick. ON LEFT FROM KESWICK L Grange Bridge, and the vil- 21 lage of Grange. The road returns to Keswick by the west 20 margin of Derwent Water. Borrowdale, a valley 6 miles long, and containing 2000 acres, is now entered. It is watered, in its whole length, by the river Grange, which, after it issues from Derwent Water, takes the name of Derwent. At Castle Crag the road and the bed of the river occupy all the level portion, but beyond the vale widens considerably. Above Rosthwaite the valley divides into two branches; the eastern branch is called Stonethwaite. Borrowdale formerly belonged to Furness Abbey. KESWICK. Road to the Lake. Rosthwaite vill. 18 cr. Seatollar Bridge. The ascent of Buttermere 17 Haws, which rises to the height of 1100 feet above the sea, is now commenced. The retrospective views are fine. A portion of Helvellyn is seen over the Borrowdale and Armboth Fells. Seatollar. Abraham Fisher, Esq. Descend into 4 5 6 72 8 154 Honister Crag. 10 Yew Crag. The upper part lof this vale is exceedingly wild and uncultivated. Thrang Crag. The celebrated fall lies behind the inn, on the stream running from Watendlath Tarn. Its height is 100 feet. Gowder Crag on the left, Shepherd's Crag on the right of the fall. Grange Crag. There is a good view from! this eminence. Shortly before reaching this poirt, a road deviates to, and passes, Bowder Stone, re-entering the main road a little beyond. This mass of rock has been likened to A stranded ship with keel upturn'd that rests Careless of winds or wave. It is 62 feet long, 36 feet high,! and 89 feet in circumference. It has been estimated to weigh 1971 tons, and to contain 23,000 cubic feet. The view hence is exquisitely beautiful. ON RIGHT FROM KESWICK.| A few houses placed half a mile above the head of Buttermere Water, "under the most extraordinary amphitheatre of mountainous rocks that ever eye beheld." This lake is one and a half miles long, and half a mile broad; and at its deepest part The lofty mountains seen above the opposite shore are! Hay Stacks, High Crag, High the two latter is a tarn, the stream running from which makes a pretty waterfall. is 90 feet deep. Char is taken 124 Hasness (General Benson) 13 Stile, and Red Pike. Between plentifully. The distance between this lake and Crummock Water is about three quarters of a mile. The Chapel has been lately! rebuilt; before, it was the most diminutive in the kingdom. A road, nine miles in length, climbs a steep Haws upwards of 1000 feet high, and descending into Keskadale and Newlands, proceeds to Keswick. This lake is about three miles long by three quarters of a mile broad. Its depth is in some parts 120 feet. It abounds with char and fine trout. There are three small islands close to the shore at the head of the lake. 113 A little before reaching Longthwaite, a few houses to the 84 left of the road, some high ground is interposed between the road and the lake. The road afterwards passes between Haws on the left, and Whiteside on the right. Lowes Water, which sends a 'stream into Crummock Lake is about one mile and a half distant. This lake is three quarters of a mile long, scarcely one quarter broad, and about 60 feet in extreme depth. It lies between Low Fell in the south, and Blake Fell in the north. The scenery round its foot is, contrary to the general rule, finest at its foot, and here it is very grand. Melbreak forms a striking feature in the views. Road under Whiteside to Keswick which shortens the distance by two miles. For horsemen and pedestrians it is the preferable route. Deviation of the road through Lorton vill. to Keswick. The famous yew tree, " pride of Lorton vale," stands near the junction of this road with that from Keswick to Cockermouth. 7 6 4 on the left. Buttermere vill. With a good Inn. Along the eastern shore of CRUMMOCK WATER. "The mountains of the vale of Buttermere and Crummock are no where so impressive as from the bosom of Crummock Water." WORDSWORTH. Longthwaite vill. Scale Hill. To Whitehaven, 14 miles by To Calder Bridge, by the same places, 17 miles. To Keswick by Lorton and Whinlatter, 12 miles. 14 17 Scale Force, the loftiest waterfall about the lakes, is 2 miles distant to the westof Crummock Water. Its height is 156 feet. A mountain path leads by this fall, and Floutern Tarn into! Ennerdale, 6 miles. Having wound round a bold promontory called Rannerdale Knott, a splendid view of the, lake is presented. Melbreak is a grand object on the other, margin. From its foot there juts a narrow promontory, a little above which there is a remarkably fine view. The mountains on the east shore! are Whiteless Pike, Ladhouse, Grasmoor, and Whiteside. Four miles from Buttermere, the road from Scale Hill to! Cockermouth is entered. A turn must be made to the left. 18 There is a good inn at this place, where the tourist would do well to stay a few days. The village is about a quarter of a mile from the river Cocker,' which flows from Crummock Water, and is here crossed by a bridge of five arches. A good prospect is obtained from an eminence in Mr Marshall's wood. The pedestrian may make his way by the stream issuing from Floutern Tarn behind Melbreak into Ennerdale, seven miles. 19 The road to Cockermouth passes through the vale of Lorton on the east bank of the Cocker. This vale presents many richly picturesque views. It is three miles in length, with 21 many elevated hills around; but not lofty enough to cast a gloom upon the smiling aspect of the scenery. Lorton Hall, R. Bridge, Esq. 22 COCKERMOUTH is an ancient borough, and neat market town, containing 4500 inhabitants, seated at the junction of the Cocker with the Derwent, from which circumstance it derives its name. It sent two representatives to Parliament as early as the twenty-third year of Edward I.; and, by the Reform Act, it has still the privilege of returning two members. The honour and castle of Cockermouth belong to General Wyndham. The ruins of this ancient fortress, formerly a place of great strength, are seated on a bold eminence which rises from the east bank of the Cocker. It was built soon after the Norman Conquest by Waldieve, first Lord of Allerdale, of whose successors it was for many centuries the baronial seat. In 1648 it was garrisoned for King Charles, but being afterwards taken by the Parliamentarians, was dismantled by them, and has ever since lain in ruins, with the exception of a small part which the late Earl of Egremont sometimes inhabited. The Gateway Tower, embellished with the arms of the Umfravilles, Multens, Lucies, Percies, and Nevilles, is a striking object. On the north side of the town is a tumulus, called Toot's Hill; one mile to the west are the remains of a rampart and ditch of an encampment, 750 feet in circuit, called Fitt's Wood. On the summit of a hill at Pap Castle, a village one mile and a half south-west of Cockermouth, are the traces of a Roman castrum. A great number of antique remains have been discovered at this place, and in the neighbourhood. The castrum was subsequently the residence of the above-mentioned Waldieve, by whom it was demolished, and the materials used in the construction of Cockermouth Castle. This town has the honour of being the birth-place of the poet Wordsworth, who was born here on the 7th of April 1770. Tickell, the poet, Addison's friend, was born at Bridekirk, two miles distant. The seats in the neighbourhood are-Dovenby Hall (F. L. B. Dykes, Esq.), three miles north-west. Tallentire Hall (William Browne, Esq.), three and a half miles north. Isel Hall (William Wybergh, Esq.), three and a half miles north-east. Woodhall (J. S. Fisher, Esq.), two and a half miles north. The best inns are the Globe and the Sun. The distances to the principal towns in the neighbourhood are-Maryport, seven miles; Workington, eight miles; Keswick, by Whinlatter, twelve miles; by Bassenthwaite Water, thirteen and a half miles; Whitehaven, fourteen miles; Wigton, sixteen miles; Carlisle, twenty-seven miles. A mountain road of six miles 17 conducts from Wastdale Head, between Lingmell and the The Screes, into Eskdale. pedestrian and horseman may reach Ennerdale by the pass of Black Sail, or, by traversing another pass called Scarf Gap, may enter Buttermere dale at Gatescarth. This path is six 15 miles in length. Road to the left. cr. Seathwaite Bridge. Keppel Crag and Hind Crag on the left. Seathwaite vill. "Travellers who may not have been accustomed to pay attention to things so unobtrusive," says Wordsworth, speak81ing of the rude bridges of this district, "will excuse me if I point out the proportion between the span and elevation of the arch, the lightness of the parapet, and the graceful manner in which its curve follows faithfully that of the arch." cr. Stockley Bridge. 93 The road winds precipi- Sty Head. 12 Overbeck makes a pleasing 143 cr. Overbeck Bridge. 163 cascade some distance above the bridge. The finest view of the valley is observed from the northwest extremity of the Screes. Strands is a pretty little vil- 11 lage with two inns. The tourist making it his head quarters for a few days, will find many pleasant excursions in the vici-, nity. The view of Wast Water commanded from Latterbarrow, a rocky hill in the neighbourhood, is extremely fine. A curious ravine called Hawl Gill, in the south-east extremity of the Screes, is worth la visit; and those who are fond of mountain rambles, may pass 4 along the summit of the Screes and descend to Wastdale Head. The views from this elevated situation are magnificent. Bay's Brown. Taylor's Gill Band. Saddleback is seen over Borrowdale. A magnificent pass elevated 1250 feet above the valley. The road descends very steeply between Great Gable on the right, and Great End and Scawfell on the left, to Wastdale Head, a level and secluded valley, of a few hundred acres, at the head of Wast Water, shut in by! lofty mountains that rise like walls from it. Here is a chapel but no inn. Garnets are found embedded in the slate of Gable and Lingmell. This lake is 3 miles in length, and about half a mile broad; its extreme depth is 270 feet. The grand mountains and bare rocks around this lake, invest it with a peculiar air of desolation. The Screes, whose sides shiver in all the subdued colours of the rainbow," extend along the whole length of the opposite shore, whilst the road passes under Yewbarrow and Buckbarrow Pike. Crook End, C. Rawson, Esq. From a field fronting Crook, there is one of the best views, not only of the head, but of the whole body, of the lake. From no other point of view are the calours of the Screes more beautiful, more majestic the 234 outline, more magnificent the frowning cliffs. 7 7 cr. Bleng Bridge. Gosforth vill. 24 er. Calder Bridge. EGREMONT. 222 27 31 WILSON. The road from Gosforth to Egremont has been described in No. V. 184 IX. KESWICK-THRELKELD-PENRITH, 18 Miles. Road through Dacre to Pooley Bridge, at the foot of Ulles water, four miles. Dacre Castle, formerly the residence of the famous border family of Dacre, has been converted into a farmhouse. The name is derived from the exploits of one of their ancestors, at the siege of Acrethe St. Jean d'Acre of modern times in the Holy Land under Richard Cœur de Lion. An'other branch of this clan was' 'settled at Gilsland in Cumberland. There are many ballads and traditions which still -" proclaim Douglas or Dacre's conquering name." Bede says, that a monastery once stood at Dacre, and about! 930, a congress was held here, at which King Athelstan, accompanied by the King of Cumberiand, received homage from Constantine, King of Scotland. PENRITH. The Crown; George. Road to Caldbeck. Greystock Castle, two miles on the left. The park is very extensive. The mansion is a fine building, containing some good pictures. Greystock Church, built in the reign of Edward II., contains some ancient monuments. Many relics of antiquity abound in the neighbourhood. One mile and a half to the right, Dalemain, E. W. Hasell, Esq. Half a mile beyond Stainton, the road from Penrith to Ulles16 water deviates to the right. Hence there is a charming view of the Vale of Penrith, and the mountains circling Ulleswater, which lake is hidden by Dunmallet, a wooded hill at its foot. Yanwath Hall, is seen! on the banks of the Eamont, one mile and a half from Penrith on the right. |