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Black"s picturesque tourist and road and railway guide book through England and Wales; With general travelling map; charts of roads ... [Adam & Charles Black
Blacks picturesque tourist and road and railway guide book through England and Wales With general travelling map charts of roads Adam Charles Black Author:Adam Black This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 Excerpt: ...windows. The nave is used as the parish church, and the cross aisle as a place of buriaL Until 1810 the chancel was unroofed, but in that ... more »year it was repaired, and is now occupied as the divinity school " for the reception of young men intended for the Church, but not designed to finish their studies at Oxford or Cambridge."--"The old Conventual Church," says Wordsworth, in the preface to his poem of 'St Bees,' " is well worthy of being visited by any strangers who might be led to the neighbourhood of this celebrated spot." The Grammar School, founded by Archbishop Grindal, stands near the church. Ennerdale Lake is less visited than most of the other lakes, in consequence of its difficulty of access, and the want of houses of entertainment in the valley. It lies nine miles to the east of Whitehaven, from which town it is more easily reached than from any other. Its length is not more than two miles and a half, and its extreme width is about three-quarters of a mile. The stream which enters at its head is called the Liza, but the river issuing from the lake takes the name of Ehen. This stream is crossed for the first time by those approaching the lake five miles from Whitehaven, and a second time three miles further up, at the village of Ennerdale Bridge, at which is the chapel, and near it two small inns; the foot of the lake is one mile beyond. The first mile and a hall of Ennerdale Water is the most picturesque part, and, therefore, carriages need not proceed further along the road than this distance, as there is no outlet for them at the upper end of the valley. The pedestrian or horseman will do well to traverse the whole length of the vale, as the mountains round its upper end are thrown into magnificent groups. Long befor...« less