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Page 2:-
to Ullswater, and by the river Eamont till it enters the Eden.
Windermere Lake is said to belong to Westmorland, at least its
islands are claimed by that county; although the whole of its
western and part of its eastern shores belong to Lancashire.
Coniston and Esthwaite Lakes, with Blelham and the tarns of
Coniston, are wholly in Lancashire. Grasmere, Rydal, and Hawes
Water, with several tarns, lie in Westmorland. The head of
Ullswater is in Westmorland, but below Glencoin it constitutes
the boundary between that and Cumberland.
Derwent, Bassenthwaite, Buttermere, Ennerdale, and
Wastwater, are in Cumberland.
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Before this country became so much the resort of
strangers, the word LAKE was little known to the
native inhabitants; but to the ancient
termination mere, WATER was usually superadded,
as Windermere-Water, Grasmere-Water.
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Windermere
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WINDERMERE
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Having given its name to the adjoining parish, it has been
thought necessary in speaking of the lake itself, to add
the word
water, or lake, by way of distinction. It is the
largest of the English Lakes, being upwards of ten miles in
length, measured upon the water; by the road on its banks
considerably more. Its greatest breadth
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-- Cumberland
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-- "Grasmere Water" -- Grasmere
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-- Westmorland
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-- "Windermere Water" -- Windermere
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