KESWICK
, a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Penrith See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Cumberland, See also:England, served by the See also:joint See also:line of the See also:Cockermouth Keswick & Penrith, and See also:London & See also:North-Western See also:railways
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Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 4451
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It lies in the See also:northern See also:part of the See also:Lake District, in an open valley on the See also:banks of the See also:river Greta, with the See also:mountain of Skiddaw to the north and the lovely lake of See also:Derwentwater to the See also:south
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It is much frequented by visitors as a centre for this famous district —for boating on Derwentwater and for the easy ascent of Skiddaw
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Many residences are seen in the neighbourhood, and the town as a whole is See also:modern
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Fitz See also:Park, opened in 1887, is a pleasant recreation ground
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The town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall contains a museum of See also:local See also:geology, natural See also:history, &c
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In the See also:parish 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 Crosthwaite, m. distant, there is a See also:monument to the poet See also:Southey
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His See also:residence, Greta Hall, stands at the end of the See also:main See also:street, See also:close by the river
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Keswick is noted for its manufacture of See also:lead pencils; and the See also:plumbago (locally See also:wad) used to be supplied from mines in Borrowdale
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See also:Char, caught in the neighbouring lakes, are potted at Keswick in large quantities and exported
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