Buttermere, Cumberland Genealogy

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Chapelry History
"BUTTERMERE, a chapelry, in the parish of Brigham, union of Cockermouth, Allerdale ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 8½ miles (S. W. by W.) from Keswick; containing 84 inhabitants. The village lies in a deep winding valley environed by high rocky mountains, between the lake of Buttermere, noted for its char, and Crummock water, and in a district celebrated for picturesque and romantic beauty. Mines of lead and copper were formerly worked in the mountains; and many labourers are still occupied in the extensive quarries of fine blue slate in Honister Crag. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £56; patron and impropriator, the Earl of Lonsdale. The chapel is a neat edifice, of modern construction."

From: Lewis, Samuel A., "A Topographical Dictionary of England" (1848), pp. 460-462. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50849 Date accessed: 29 July 2011.

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Probate records
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