Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Buttermere

Buttermere.-- township, vil., and lake, Brigham par., W. Cumberland -- township, 6154 ac. land and 867 water, pop. 127. The vil. is 14 miles SW. of Keswick by Borrowdale, and 9 miles by the Vale of Newlands. The lake is 1¼ mile long, ¾ mile broad, and 247 ft. above the level of the se.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township, village, and lake"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Brigham CP/AP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Buttermere

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