X. PENRITH-ULLES WATER-PATTERDALE-KIRKSTONE AMBLESIDE, 24 Miles. 185 ** Instead of the first five miles and three quarters of the road given below, the Tourist may cross Eamont Bridge on the road to Kendal, turning to the right a little beyond, to Yanwath vill. (two miles,) leaving King Arthur's Round Table on the left. Here is Yanwath Hall, an ancient castellated building, a good specimen of the old Westmorland Hall. Sockbridge vill, is a mile further. The hall at this place is a ruin deserving the attention of the artist. Barton church is seen on the right a mile beyond. Pooley Bridge is reached five miles and three quarters from Penrith. It has been recommended, that, in order to see the lower part of Ulles Water to advantage, the Westmorland margin should be traversed for three or four miles; a boat might be in readiness to convey the stranger across the lake to the road usually taken. ON RIGHT FROM PENRITH. From From Penrith. ON LEFT FROM PENRITH. Road to Keswick. Waterfoot, Col. Salmond. PENRITH. 23 Pursue the Keswick road To reach Pooley Bridge a 18 quarter of a mile distant at the foot of the lake, a turn must be made to the left. There are two inns at this place, where post-horses and boats can be obtained. There is a good view of the lake from Dunmallet, a hill near the village. Road to New Church, so 17 called, in distinction from Old Church, which stood on the margin of the lake. The former was consecrated by Bishop Oglethorpe in 1558, while on his way to crown Queen Eliza[beth; an office he had soon! to regret having undertaken, when all the other prelates had refused, for he as well as the other Roman Catholic Bishops were shortly afterwards deprived. cr. the Dacre. ULLES WATER. Rampsbeck Lodge Watermillock. Enter Gowbarrow Park. 14 Skirsgill, Mrs Parkin. 2 Dalemain, E.W. Hasell, Esq. Dunmallet,upon which stood a Roman fort. This lake is of a serpentine shape, nine miles long, a mile wide, and about 200 feet in extreme depth. It is divided by promontories into three sections, called reaches, of unequal size, the smallest being the highest, and the largest the middle reach. Four small islands adorn the uppermost, the scenery around which is of the grandest description. Halsteads, William Marshall, Esq. on a promontory, called Skelley Neb. Hallin Fell projects from the opposite shore, and terminates the first reach. Swarth Fell is below Hallin Fell; between the two, Fusedale Beck enters the lake in the bay termed How Town Wyke. Lyulph's Tower, a hunting 13 List, ye who pass by Lyulph's At eve; how softly then Speak from the woody glen! Fit music for a solemn vale! And holier seems the ground To him who catches on the gale The spirit of a mournful tale Embodied in the sound. WORDSWORTH's Somnambulist. cr. Airey Bridge. Road to Keswick through ON RIGHT FROM PENRITH. From Ambles. From Penrith. ON LEFT FROM PENRITH. Glencoyn House, an old pic- 11 cr. Glencoyn Beck. 12 A promontory from Birk Fell turesque farm house belonging to Mr Howard. Stybarrow Crag. This rock merely allows room for the road between it and the lake. The dale landers,headed by a Mounsey, once made a successful 103 stand against a troop of Scottish mosstroopers at this place. The leader was thereafter styled King of Patterdale,a title borne for many years by his descendants. Bilberry Crag. Patterdale Hall Enter Westmorland. cr. Glenridding Beck. 14 Patterdale Chapel. In the churchyard is one of the many cr. Grisedale Beck. large yews which grow in this country. 9 Patterdale vill. 15 The streams from Grisedale and Deepdale join their waters shortly before entering the lake. St Sundays Crag. Brother's Water, backed by Dove Crags and other acclivities, clothed with native wood. This small sheet of water is said to take its name from the circumstance of two brothers having been once drowned in it whilst skating. The summit of the pass is fenced in by the Red Screes on the right, and Woundale Head on the left. The large block of stone -whose Church-like frame Gives to the savage Pass its namestands on the right of the road. The Romans are supposed to have marched through this depression on their way northwards from the station at Ambleside. Near the summit, a road diverges on the left into the valley of Troutbeck. At the point of deviation, a small inn has lately been erected. In the descent, which is excessively steep, the views of Windermere land the vale of Ambleside are very fine. Wansfell Pike is on the left, Loughrigg Fell on the right of the vale. 84 cr. Deepdale Beck. 16 terminates the second reach. The first island, House Holm. Glenridding House, Rev. H. Askew. This stream takes its rise in Keppel Cove and Red Tarns,! which lie near the summit of Helvellyn. That mountain may be ascended through this glen. Place Fell, with a patch of cultivated ground on which are two farm houses lying at its base, has a striking effect on the opposite shore. A mountain road, practicable only for horsemen and pedes trians, conducts through Grisedale into Grasmere. There is a good inn at this place, which, if the Tourist have time, should be made his head quarters for some days, as there is much to see in the neighbourhocd. Road into Martindale across Deepdale Beck. The road is now through flat meadows on the banks of the' stream, to another branch,' which flows from Brother's Water. Hartsope Village. Hayes Water, a tarn well known to 18 the angler, lies between High Street and Grey Crag, two miles above Hartsope. Angle, Tarn in the same neighbourhood is noted for the superior flavour of its trout. How beautiful the vale below; 24 Nor can he guess how lightly leaps The brook adown the rocky steeps WORDSWORTH. At the corner of the field, at 25 cr. Eamont Bridge. the first lane on the right, beyond Eamont Bridge, is King Arthur's Round Table. A short distance down the lane, on the right, is Mayborough, another Enter Westmorland. relic of the dark ages. The road 243 cr. Lowther Bridge. proceeds through Tirrel and Barton to Pooley Bridge. Clifton Hall, a farm-house, an ancient turretted mansion. Here are the gates leading to the Earl of Lonsdale's magnificent Park of 600 acres, and to the Castle. Carleton Hall, John Cowper, 1 Esq. 13 Hackthorpe Hall, also a farm- 21 house. The birth-place of John first Viscount Lonsdale. The Lowther family have immense 19 possessions in the neighbourhood. Shap, anciently Heppe, a long 16 straggling village. The remains of an abbey, founded in 1150, are a mile to the west on the banks of the Lowther. Only a tower of the Church is standing, but it appears to have been 14 at one time an extensive structure. A road turns off at Shap to Hawes Water, six miles. Hackthorpe Vill. Thrimby Vill. Shap Vill. Inns, Greyhound, King's Arms. Shap Toll Bar. Over the elevated moorish tract called Shap Fells. Steep descent_under Bretherdale Bank to The Eamont and Lowther are tributaries of the Eden, before entering which they form a junction. Brougham Hall, the Windsor of the North. In the vicinity is Brougham Castle, a fine ruin, the property of the Earl of Thanet, a descendant from "The stout Lord Cliffords that did fight in France." 9 5 Mint House, Mrs. Elderton. 1 cr. Mint Bridge. KENDAL. Inns, 1776 21 Shap Spa, a medicinal spring which annually draws a crowd of visitors, is a mile to the east in the midst of the moor. The water is of nearly similar quality to that at Leamington. There is an excellent hotel in the vicinity of the spring. This is the last stage to Kendal. Whinfell Beacon, 1500 feet. Hollow through which the Sprint from Longsleddale flows. This narrow and picturesque vale commences near Garnett Bridge, and runs six miles northwards, between steep and rocky declivities. A path at its head crosses Gatescarth Pass, having Harter Fell on the left, and Branstree on the right, into Mardale, at the head of Hawes Water. Benson Knott, 1098 feet. St. George's Church. King's Arms, Commercial. |