A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LOUGHRIGG, a hamlet in Rydal and Loughrigg, township, Grasmere parish, Westmoreland; 2 miles W of Ambleside. Longhrigg fell here is a mountain between the Rothay and the Brathay rivers; extends about 2 miles north-north-westward, from Clappersgate to Red Bank; rises to an elevation of 1,050 feet above the level of Windermere; has a swollen, ridgy form, and a tumulated, broken surface; is skirted by an intricate series of rocks, knolls, woods, and dwellings, in picturesque-combinations; and commands, from its summit, one of the richest circles of view in the Lake region. A spot halfway up its N side is that where Pastor and his companions, in the ninth book of Wordsworth's "Excursion, "are supposed to look upward to the sky and mountain tops, and round the vale of Grasmere. Loughrigg tarn, a charming lakelet, whose banks are partly flaked with cottages and partly overhung by rocky steeps, lies under the W side of the fell, about ¾ of a mile S of Red Bank; and is the subject of some fine lines by Professor Wilson.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
| Linked entities: | |
|---|---|
| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Grasmere CP/Ch/AP Westmorland AncC |
| Place: | Loughrigg |
Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.