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GRASMERE , a See also:village and See also:lake of See also:Westmorland, in the See also:heart of the See also:English Lake See also:District. The village (pop. of See also:urban districtin 1901, 781) lies near the See also:head of the lake, on the small See also:river Rothay and the See also:Keswick-See also:Ambleside road, 122 M. from Keswick and 4 from Ambleside. The scenery is very beautiful; the valley about the lakes of Grasmere and Rydal See also:Water is in See also:great See also:part wooded, while on its eastern flank there rises boldly the range of hills which includes Rydal See also:Fell, See also:Fairfield and Seat See also:Sandal, and, farther See also:north, Helvellyn. On the See also:west See also:side are Loughrigg Fell and See also:Silver How. The village has become a favourite centre for tourists, but preserves its picturesque .and sequestered See also:appearance. In a See also:house still See also:standing See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Wordsworth lived from 1799 to 18o8, and it was subsequently occupied by See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas de Quincey and by See also:Hartley See also:Coleridge. Wordsworth's See also:tomb, and also that of Coleridge, are in the See also:churchyard of the See also:ancient See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Oswald, which contains a memorial to Wordsworth with an inscription by See also:John See also:Keble. A festival called the Rushbearing takes See also:place on the Saturday within the See also:octave of St Oswald's See also:day (See also:August 5th), when a See also:holiday is observed and the church decorated with rushes, heather and See also:flowers. The festival is of See also:early origin, and has been derived by some from the See also:Roman Floralia, but appears also to have been made the occasion for carpeting the floors of churches, unpaved in early times, with rushes. Moreover, in a procession which forms part of the festivities at Grasmere, certain Biblical stories are symbolized, and in this a connexion with the ancient See also:miracle plays may be found (see H. D. Rawnsley, A Rambler's See also:Note-See also:Book at the English Lakes, See also:Glasgow, 1902). Grasmere is also noted for an athletic See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting in August.
The lake of Grasmere is just under 1 m. in length, and has an extreme breadth of 766 yds. A See also:ridge divides the See also:basin from north to See also:south, and rises so high as to See also:form an See also:island about the See also:middle. The greatest See also:depth of the lake (75 ft.) lies to the See also:east of this ridge.
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