Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Applethwaite

Applethwaite, vil., W. Cumberland, 2 miles N. of Keswick, on the ascent of Skidaw. It commands a fine view of Derwentwater. A small adjacent property belonged to the poet Wordsworth.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cumberland AncC
Place: Applethwaite

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