Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Loughrigg

Loughrigg, hamlet, Grasmere par., Westmorland, 2 miles W. of Ambleside; Loughrigg Fell (1101 ft.) occupies almost the entire space between Windermere, Eydal Water, and Grasmere, and Loughrigg Tarn (308 ft. above sea-level) is on its SW. side. See RYDAL AND LOUGHRIGG.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Grasmere CP/Ch/AP       Westmorland AncC
Place: Loughrigg

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