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| Location | Lake District, Cumbria |
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| Primary inflows | River Rothay |
| Primary outflows | River Rothay |
| Basin countries | England |
| Max. The Lake District, also known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a rural area in North West England. Boundaries and divisions Cumbria is neighboured by Northumberland, County Durham, North Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Lieutenancy In Hydrology, the inflow of a Body of water is the source of the Water in the body of water In Hydrology, the discharge or outflow of a River is the volume of Water transported by it in a certain amount of time A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, length | 1. 24 km |
| Max. width | 622 metres |
| Surface area | 0. 62km2 |
| Max. depth | 23 metres (75 ft) |
| Shore length1 | 4. 11 km |
| Surface elevation | 61 metres |
| Islands | 1 |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Grasmere is a village in central Cumbria, England. Dove Cottage is a house on the edge of Grasmere in the Lake District. Boundaries and divisions Cumbria is neighboured by Northumberland, County Durham, North Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Lieutenancy England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It is also the name of the adjacent lake. A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the Grasmere's position in the centre of the English Lake District, as well as its connections with the Lake Poets, has made it popular as a tourist destination. The Lake District, also known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a rural area in North West England. The Lake Poets all lived in the Lake District of England at the turn of the nineteenth century The poet William Wordsworth, who lived in Grasmere for fourteen years, described it as "the loveliest spot that man hath ever found"[1]
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Geography
The village is overlooked by the small rocky hill of Helm Crag, popularly known as The Lion and the Lamb or the Old Lady at the Piano, depending from which side you view it from. Helm Crag is a Fell in the English Lake District situated in the Central Fells to the north of Grasmere. These names are derived from the shape of rock formations on its summit. [2]
The A591 connects Grasmere northwards over Dunmail Raise to the Vale of Keswick and southwards to Ambleside. Dunmail Raise, high point (238m on the A591 that bisects the English Lake District National Park north to south between Keswick and Ambleside Keswick (pronounced "kez-ick" /ˈkɛzɪk/ is a Market town within the district of Allerdale, Cumbria, England. Ambleside is a Town in Cumbria, in north-west England.It is situated at the head of Windermere, England's largest lake
Communal events
Rushbearing
Grasmere's famous Rushbearing Ceremony has ancient origins. The present day ceremony is an annual event which features a procession through the village with bearings made from rushes and flowers. In this procession there are also six Maids of Honour, a brass band, the church choir, and everyone who wishes to join in by carrying their own decorated rushbearing.
Grasmere Sports
In August, Grasmere holds Grasmere Sports which have been running since 1852. This is the main event in Grasmere's calendar and one of the most popular traditional events in the Lake District. Events at Grasmere Sports include Cumberland Wrestling, fell running and hound trails (also known as drag hunting. Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling also known as Cumbrian Wrestling is an ancient and well-practised tradition in Cumbria. Fell running, also known as mountain running and hill running, is the sport of Running and racing off road over upland country where the gradient climbed Drag hunting is a Sport in which a group of Dogs (usually Foxhounds or Beagles chase a scent that has been laid (dragged over a terrain before [3]
Government
The former civil parish was for a time governed by an urban district council before becoming part of the Lakes UDC in 1934. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of Local government district that covered an Urbanised area Lakes is a large Civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, with a population of 5127 according to the 2001 census The village is now part of Lakes parish. Grasmere has experienced population decline since the 1960s. [4]
Famous (former) inhabitants
- William Wordsworth lived in Dove Cottage, in the hamlet of Townend, on the outskirts of Grasmere, from 1799. Dove Cottage is a house on the edge of Grasmere in the Lake District. He occasionally used to breakfast with Sir Walter Scott at The Swan, a seventeenth century coaching inn that is still in use in the village. Sir Walter Scott 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 &ndash 21 September 1832 was a prolific Scottish Historical novelist and Poet popular throughout In his poem "The Waggoner", Wordsworth asks "who does not know the famous Swan" a line which is quoted on the Swan's pub sign to this day. In 1808 he sold Dove Cottage to his friend Thomas de Quincey and moved to a larger house in the village, Allan Bank, where he lived until he moved to Rydal Mount, Ambleside in 1813. Thomas de Quincey (15 August 1785 &ndash 8 December 1859 was an English author and intellectual best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater Rydal Mount is a house near Ambleside in the Lake District. It is best known as the home of William Wordsworth from 1813 to his death in 1850 Ambleside is a Town in Cumbria, in north-west England.It is situated at the head of Windermere, England's largest lake He is buried in the graveyard of St. Oswald's Church, Grasmere, alongside his wife, Mary and their family. His sister, Dorothy, is also buried alongside him. Dorothy Mae Ann Wordsworth ( December 25, 1771 – January 25, 1855) was an English Author, Poet and [5]
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge also spent time at Dove Cottage and is said to have muttered stanzas from his poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" whilst walking across the fells to Grasmere. Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( 21 October 1772 &ndash 25 July 1834) was an English Poet, Critic and philosopher The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (original The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere) is the longest major Poem by the English Poet Fell (from the Old Norse fjall, 'mountain' is a word used to refer to Mountains or certain types of mountainous landscape in Scandinavia [6]
- Sarah Nelson was the original shop owner and maker of the famous Grasmere Gingerbread, which is a secret recipe. The shop is near the village centre in a tiny house, which was the village school, next to the church. [7]
References
- ^ http://www.roadtrip.co.uk/lakesdistr.htm Retrieved on 2008-02-01
- ^ http://www.lakestay.co.uk/helm.htm Retrieved on 2008-02-07
- ^ http://www.grasmere.com/events.htm Retrieved on 2008-02-03
- ^ http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/eLibrary/Content/Internet/536/642/378309363.pdf Retrieved on 2008-02-07
- ^ http://www.roadtrip.co.uk/lakesdistr.htm Retrieved on 2008-02-05
- ^ http://www.roadtrip.co.uk/lakesdistr.htm Retrieved on 2008-02-06
- ^ http://www.grasmeregingerbread.co.uk/ Retrieved on 2008-01-01
External links
- Grasmere.com
- Photographs & Images of Grasmere
- Tourist attractions in Grasmere
- Illustrated guide to Grasmere
- Lakestay - Grasmere Walk
- South Lakeland - Ward Profiles
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