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Coniston Water, Lancashire

Historical Description

Coniston Water, a lake in the NW of Lancashire, along the east base of Coniston Fells. Its length is 6 miles, its greatest breadth about three quarters of a mile, its surface elevation above sea-level 105 feet, its greatest depth 160 -feet. Its ancient name was Thurston Water. The surplus water is carried on' by the river Crake. Charr, formerly so plentiful in this water, is becoming rare. The shores are adorned with woods and edifices, and its flanks include the grand masses of the Coniston Fells and the Yewdale and Tilberthwaite mountains. The views of it from many points all round are exquisite, and one from Collision Bank, a mansion amid beautifully-wooded grounds, about a mile from the head of its east side, is regarded by many persons as the best. A steam gondola plies on the lake.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Lancashire Archives, have images of the Parish Registers for Lancashire online.


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.