WHITEHAVEN. A coach travels daily between Cockermouth and Birthwaite, connecting the Whitehaven and Maryport, and the Kendal and Windermere Railways. 2 Moresby Vill. 3 32 Distington Vill. 5 Brigham Chapel on the left. The village is half a mile to the right. 13 COCKERMOUTH, seated on the Derwent, at the junction of the Cocker. 10 8 8 6 3 Wheat Sheaf. BASSENTHWAITE LAKE. Pheasant Inn. Smithy Green. The road passes along the margin of Bassenthwaite Water. Thornthwaite Vill. 6 14 A handsome freestone arch, with an entablature adorned! with the arms of the Lowther family, spans the road on leav ing the town for the north. Moresby Church: Moresby Hall, Miss Tate. Parton and Harrington, two small sea-ports,are near Moresby. At the south-end of the village, are the ruins of Hayes Castle, once the residence of the Moresby family. Road to Workington. Junction of the road from Workington to Cockermouth. These towns are eight miles from each other. The former is a sea-port, carrying on a considerable coasting trade. There are several extensive collieries in the neighbourhood, chiefly belonging to H. C. Curwen, Esq. of Workington Hall. 18 Road to Carlisle, skirting the foot of the lake. 17 This lake is approached at its widest part. It is four miles 19 in length, about three-quarters of a mile in breadth, and seventy-two feet in extreme depth. Skiddaw on its east side, fur20nishes, in combination with the water, many splendid views. Beyond the head, are Wallow and Falcon Crags, backed by Bleaberry Fell and High Seat. At the foot of Skiddaw, is Dodd Fell, and in the distance Hel vellyn is visible. In front of a portion of Skiddaw, called Long! Side, and near the margin of the lake, stand Bassenthwaite Church and Mirehouse, the re23 sidence of J. S. Spedding, Esq. 64 KESWICK TO COCKERMOUTH.-Continued. ON RIGHT FROM KESWICK, A few houses placed half a mile above the head of Buttermere Water, "under the most extraordinary amphitheatre of mountainous rocks that ever jeye beheld." This lake is one and a half miles long, and half a mile broad; and at its deepest part 134 The lofty mountains seen above the opposite shore are Hay Stacks, High Crag, High! the two latter is a tarn, the stream running from which makes a pretty waterfall. is 90 feet deep. Char is taken 123 Hasness (General Benson) 13 Stile, and Red Pike. Between plentifully. The distance between this lake and Crummock Water is about three quarters of a mile. The Chapel has been lately 113 rebuilt; before, it was the most diminutive in the kingdom. A road, nine miles in length,! climbs a steep Haws upwards of 1000 feet high, and descending into Keskadale and Newlands, proceeds to Keswick. This lake is about three miles long by three quarters of a mile broad. Its depth is in some parts 120 feet. It abounds with char and fine trout. There are three small islands close to the shore at the head of the lake. A little before reaching Longthwaite, a few houses to the left of the road, some high ground is interposed between the road and the lake. The road afterwards passes between Haws on the left, and Whiteside on the right. Lowes Water, which sends a stream into Crummock Lake is about one mile and a half distant. This lake is three quarters of a mile long, scarcely one quarter broad, and about 60 feet in extreme depth. It lies between Low Fell in the south, and Blake Fell in the north. The scenery round its foot is, contrary to the general rule, 'finest at its foot, and here it is very grand. Melbreak forms a striking feature in the views. Road under Whiteside to Keswick which shortens the distance by two miles. For horsemen and pedestrians it is the preferable route. 8/ 7 6 4 The Deviation of the road through Lorton vill. to Keswick. famous yew tree," pride of Lorton vale," stands near the junction of this road with that from Koswick to Cockermouth. 3 on the left. Buttermere vill. With a good Inn. Woodhouse (R. Jopson, Esq.,) on the left. Along the eastern shore of CRUMMOCK WATER. "The mountains of the vale of Buttermere and Crummock are no where so impressive as from the bosom of Crummock Water." WORDSWORTH. Longthwaite vill. Scale Hill. Foulsyke (Misses Skelton). To Whitehaven, 14 miles by Ullock and Moresby. To Egremont, 15 miles by Lamplugh and Ennerdale Bridge. To Calder Bridge, by the same places, 17 miles. To Keswick by Lorton and Whinlatter, 12 miles. Enter the Keswick and Cockermouth road. 9 miles from Keswick. COCKERMOUTH. Inns, Globe, Sun. 14 17 18 19 Scale Force, the loftiest waterfall about the lakes, is 2 miles distant to the westof Crummock Water. Its height is 156 feet. A mountain path leads by this fall, and Floutern Tarn into Ennerdale, 6 miles. Having wound round a bold promontory called Rannerdale Knott, a splendid view of the lake is presented. Melbreak is a grand object on the other margin. From its foot there juts a narrow promontory, a little above which there is a remarkably fine view. Th mountains on the east sho are Whiteless Pike, Ladhouse, Grasmoor, and Whiteside. Four miles from Buttermere, the road from Scale Hill to Cockermouth is entered. A turn must be made to the left. There is a good inn at this place, where the tourist would do well to stay a few days. The village is about a quarter of a mile from the river Cocker, which flows from Crummock Water, and is here crossed by a bridge of five arches. A good/ prospect is obtained from an eminence in Mr Marshall's wood. The pedestrian may make his way by the stream issuing from Floutern Tarn be-/ hind Melbreak into Ennerdale seven miles. The road to Cockermouth passes through the vale of Lorton on the east bank of the Cocker. This vale presents many richly picturesque views. It is three miles in length, with 21 many elevated hills around; but not lofty enough to cast a gloom upon the smiling aspect 22 of the sconery. Lorton Hall, R. Bridge, Esq. 254 COCKERMOUTH is an ancient borough and neat market-town of 7275 inhabitants, seated at the junction of the Cocker with the Derwent, from which circumstance it derives its name. It sent two representatives to Parliament as early as the twenty-third year of Edward I., and, by the Reform Act, it has still the privilege of returning two members. The honour and castle of Cockermouth belong to General Wyndham. The ruins of this ancient fortress, formerly a place of great strength, are seated on a bold eminence which rises from the east bank of the Cocker. It was built soon after the Norman Conquest by Waldieve, first lord of Allerdale, of whose successors it was for many centuries the baroniai seat. In 1648, it was garrisoned for King Charles, but being afterwards taken by the Parliamentarians, was dismantled by them, and has ever since lain in ruins, except a small part at present occupied by Lieut.-General Wyndham. The Gateway Tower, embellished with the arms of the Umfravilles, Multons, Lucies, Percies, and Nevilles, is a striking object. On the north side of the town is a tumulus, called Toots Hill; one mile to the west are the remains of a rampart and ditch of an encampment, 750 feet in circuit, called Fitt's Wood. On the summit of a hill at Pap Castle, a village one mile and a-half south-west o Cockermouth, are the traces of a Roman castrum. A great number of antique remains have been discovered at this place, and in the neighbourhood. The castle was subsequently the residence of the above-mentioned Waldieve, by whom it was demolished, and the materials used in the construction of Cockermouth Castle. Tickell, the poet, Addison's friend, was born at Bridekirk, two miles distant.* The seats in the neighbourhood are-Dovenby Hall (Mrs Dykes), three miles north-west; Tallentire Hall (William Browne, Esq.), three and a half miles north; Isel Hall (Sir Wilfrid Lawson Bt.), three and a half miles north-east; Woodhall (J. S. Fisher, Esq.), two and a half miles north. The best inns are, the Globe, and the Sun. The distances to the principal towns in the neighbourhood are Maryport, seven miles, Workington, eight miles, Keswick, by Whinlatter, twelve miles, by Bassenthwaite Water, thirteen and a-half miles, Whitehaven, fourteen miles, Wigton, sixteen miles, Carlisle, twenty-seven miles. Cockermouth is now connected by railway with Workington. This line, which is 8 miles in length, was opened for traffic in 1847. • Cockermouth is the birth-place of the poet Wordsworth, who was born on the 7th April, 1770 E Sty Head Tarn, a desolate sheet of water, beyond which Great End rises abruptly. Farther on is Scawfell Pikes.Sprinkling Tarn, which sends a stream into Sty Head Tarn, 19 is half a mile to the east. These tarns serve as guides in the ascent of the Pikes from Borrowdale. A mountain road of six miles 17 lconducts from Wastdale Head, between Lingmell and the Screes, into Eskdale. The pedestrian and horseman may reach Ennerdale by the pass of Black Sail, or, by traversing another pass called Scarf Gap, may enter Buttermere dale at Gatescarth. This path is six 15 miles in length. Keppel Crag and Hind Crag on the left. Seathwaite vill. From Keswick. ON LEFT FROM KESWICK. 7 "Travellers who may not have been accustomed to pay attention to things so unobtrusive," says Wordsworth, speak8ing of the rude bridges of this cr. Stockley Bridge. 93 The road winds precipitously up Aaron End. district, "will excuse me if I point out the proportion between the span and elevation of the arch, the lightness of the parapet, and the graceful manner in which its curve follow faithfully that of the arch." Bay's Brown. Taylor's Gill Band. Saddleback is seen over Borrowdale, A magnificent pass elevated 1250 feet above the valley. The road descends very steeply between Great Gable on the right, and Great End and Scawfell on the left, to Wastdale Head, a level and secluded valley, of a few hundred acres, at the head of Wast Water, shut in by lofty mountains that rise like walls from it. Here is a chapel but no inn. Garnets are found embedded in the slate of Gable and Lingmell. This lake is 3 miles in length, and about half a mile broad; its extreme depth is 270 feet. Overbeck makes a pleasing 143 cr. Overbeck Bridge. 16 The grand mountains and bare cascade some distance above the bridge. The finest view of the valley is observed from the northwest extremity of the Screes. 73 Strands is a pretty little vil- 11 lage with two inns. The tourist making it his head quarters for a few days, will find many pleasant excursions in the vicinity. The view of Wast Water commanded from Latterbarrow, a rocky hill in the neighbourhood, is extremely fine. A curious ravine called Hawl Gill, in the south-east extremity of the Screes, is worth a visit; and those who are fond of mountain rambles, may pass 4 along the summit of the Screes and descend to Wastdale Head. The views from this elevated situation are magnificent. 7 rocks around this lake, invest it with a peculiar air of desolation. The Screes, whose sides shiver in all the subdued colours of the rainbow," extend along the whole length of the opposite shore, whilst the road! passes under Yewbarrow and Buckbarrow Pike. Crook End, C.. Rawson, Esq. From a field fronting Crook, there is one of the best views, not only of the head, but of the whole body, of the lake. From no other point of view are the colours of the Screes more beautiful, more majestic the 233 outline, more magnificent the frowning cliffs. cr. Bleng Bridge. Gosforth vill. 24 cr. Calder Bridge. EGREMONT. WILSON. The road from Gosforth to Egremont has been described 27 in No. V. 31 |