or rather a very fair, large, well-built, inhabited and frequented and which for good and is the chief in the County; and for its excellent together with the ingenuity, civility, and industry of its it hath deservedly purchased a great name; and the great here droven makes it to be very populous; for the people here seem to be shapen out for improving themselves not only in their old of and course but of late in making of whereby the poor are daily set on work, and the and adjacent parts much enriched. This is most pleasantly seated in a good (amongst ) in a so called, and on the West-side of the River or over which it hath two fair and a third of which leadeth to the scituate near the banks thereof, now reduced to ruins, which was a fair old building, anciently the seat of some of the Lords of this and was of chief note for giving birth to Queen the sixth wife to King the Eighth. The is built in form of a having two long which overthwart one another, besides some others; and is beautified with a very fair and large susteined by five of fair with several in which are the or of divers of the and to this, as the belongeth 12 of It is a place that boasteth not much of its Antiquity; its chiefest honour being in giving Title to three Earls, Duke of Duke of and as also to a Duke, which was third son to his Royal Highness Duke of and for being an ancient called the Baron of On the side of the stands a being a large building, and well endowed with good exhibitions for preferring of poor going from hence to in The government of this is committed to the care of a 12 20 a and two who attend at their and of with other and the and two of the Senior are alwaies of the for the and keep their quarterly Likewise here are kept the of the for this part of the County, called the of as the for the Bottom (or the other part of the County) are kept at which two parts do comprehend the whole and much resemble the of Here are also in this seven the and each of which have their or place of assembly for the electing of Officers, and officiating the concerns of the said Company. And for the accommodation of the hath a very great on which is well provided with and

seated near the great Lake of hath an indifferent good for and on

And near unto this at the upper end of the said lyeth the dead Carcass (as one would say) of an ancient City, with great ruins of and many heaps of Rubbish one from another, with remains of that are yet to be seen. The thereof was somewhat long, being fenced about with a and took up in length 132 and in breadth about 80; And this is thought (by Mr. ) to be the

This of or is the greatest standing in all (probably so called, either from the great often there, or from its winding and turning in and out) which is of a great breadth and depth, and of about 10 in length, wherein are great store of as and (only taken here, and in another large in this County, the rareness of which doth occasion many to be sent yearly abroad as presents) and It hath (as most in the ) a clear pebbly bottom) which may be, gave the occasion of saying, that it's all paved at the bottom with At the East-side of this is a large which carrieth the name thereof, in which King of in , when he had by force fetched King sons out of slew them, that he might secure the Kingdom to himself and his. The belonging to this is a fair building, all leaded, and hath a large of excellent coloured where are lively pourtraed the figures of divers with sundry bearings of the neighbouring Gentry, amongst which is that of the G. a Frett of 6 pieces A. now belonging to my Honorable Friend of Esq; which said as is said, anciently belonged to the of in and upon its desolution by King the Eighth, was purchased by the of this Parish.

In the of was lately built a fair as being too remote from its which said was liberally endowed by Dr. late Dean of St. who was here born, and was solemnly consecrated the . and dedicated to St.

Near is a great Lake called (stiled sometimes anciently ) wherein are several and is well stored with as are and other within the Parish of

In the Parish of is a great part of being a Mountain, over which the High-way leading from by unto and doth pass: so called from a great heap or raise of by the High-way side (dividing this County from ) cast up together in ancient time, either by King sometime King of as a mark for the bounds of his Kingdom; or by some other in remembrance of his name for some memorable act there done by him, or a victory obteined against him.

memorable for its scituation and antiquity; for in the time of the it was called And the kept their there. It is pleasantly seated, being for the most part encompassed with the River but so slenderly inhabited, the (for the most part, although of late much amended) so mean, and the generally so idle (having no of note amongst them) that were it not that by reason of the Antiquity it had deserved to be accounted the chief of the County, and to have the and kept there, it would be little better then a for all the beauty of it is in one broad which from North to South riseth with an easie ascent, having in the upper part thereof a highly seated, which is almost environed

beautified with a fair seated near the skirt of the which severeth this County from it is a good and well known which of late is much improved by the of making and hath a good on

Near unto this is seated which gives Title to the Right Honorable, Lord and not far distant is lately rebuilt by the Countess of

or seated under formerly of great note, being the ancient where (as 'tis said) in the declension of the one of their made his abode with a band of the and was fenced about with a but now the is decayed, and become a small and hath a very inconsiderable on

seated amongst the very destitute of in somuch that the people say they have not a stick, or bough to hang a dog on. The is but small, and hath a mean lately erected on

On a great (so called for its being very stony) is a said to be erected upon a Peace concluded between the and King of which was, That should retein with the same rights that his Predecessors did enjoy it, and that the Subjects of each might know their limits, and how far they were to pass, a was here erected, which was called that is, the of for on the South-side thereof the of the King of were engraven; and on the North-side those of the King of

[] Ambleside.

[] The ancient City of Amboglana.

[] Winder-meer.

[] Witherslack-Mannor, a Chappel lately built.

[] Appleby.

[] Kir by-Stephens.

[] Burgh.

[] Orton.

[] Stainmore-hill