Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Grisedale

Grisedale, glen, on NW. border of Westmorland, descending from Fairfield NE. to Ullswater; is traversed by Grisedale Beck (4½ miles long), which issues from Grisedale Tarn, at head of the glen.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "glen"   (ADL Feature Type: "valleys")
Administrative units: Westmorland AncC
Place: Grisedale

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