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Grasmere (lake)

Lake in Cumbria, England

Summary

Lake in Cumbria, England

Field	Value
name	Grasmere
image	Grasmere Lake 2007.jpg
caption	View from Loughrigg Terrace, looking
across the lake towards Grasmere village
alt	A lake surrounded by hills
location	Lake District, Cumbria
coords
inflow	River Rothay
pushpin_map	United Kingdom Lake District#United Kingdom South Lakeland
pushpin_map_caption	Location in the Lake District National Park##Location in South Lakeland, Cumbria
outflow	River Rothay
basin_countries	England
length	1680 yd (1540 m)
width	700 yd (640 m)
area	0.24 mi² (0.62k m²)
max-depth	70 ft (21 m)
elevation	208 ft (62 m)
islands	1

across the lake towards Grasmere village | max-depth = 70 ft (21 m)

Grasmere is one of the smaller lakes of the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It gives its name to the village of Grasmere, famously associated with the poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth, which is immediately to the north of the lake.

The lake is 1680 yd (1540 m) long and 700 yd (640 m) wide, covering an area of 0.24 mi2 (0.62 km2). It has a maximum depth of 70 ft (21 m) and an elevation above sea level of 208 ft (62 m). The lake is both fed and drained by the River Rothay, which flows through the village before entering the lake, and then exits downstream into nearby Rydal Water, beyond which it continues into Windermere.

The waters of the lake are leased by the Lowther Estate to the National Trust. The waters are navigable, with private boats allowed and rowing boats for hire, but powered boats are prohibited.

The lake contains a single island, known as Grasmere Island or simply The Island. This gift has particular significance to the National Trust, as the organisation was founded in response to the sale of the same island to a private bidder in 1893. Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley felt that such a location should instead be in public ownership, and soon afterwards started the National Trust with Octavia Hill and Robert Hunter.

Toponymy

'The lake flanked by grass'; 'gres', 'mere'. Early spellings in 'Grys-', 'Gris(s)-' might suggest ON 'griss' 'young pig' as 1st el.[ement], but the weight of the evidence points to OE/ON 'gres' 'grass', with the modern form influenced by Standard English.... The medial '-s(s)e-' may, as suggested by Eilert Ekwall in DEPN, point to ON 'gres-saer' 'grass-lake' as the original name.

Plus the element mere' OE, ModE 'lake, 'pool. (OE is Old English up to around AD 1100; ON is Old Norse.)

Citations

General and cited references

References

Parker, 2004, pp. 34–-36
Parker, 2004, page 90
Hannah Furness. (2017-02-22). "National Trust finally owns Lake District island which inspired its creation, after generous donor leaves it in her will". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
Ekwall, Eilert. (1960). "The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names". Clarendon Press.
Whaley, Diana. (2006). "A dictionary of Lake District place-names". English Place-Name Society.
Whaley, 2006, p. 411.

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