Buttermere, Cumbria

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Buttermere is a hamlet in Cumbria

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Buttermere within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Buttermere in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Buttermere.-- township, vil., and lake, Brigham par., W. Cumberland -- township, 6154 ac. land and 867 water, pop. 127. The vil. is 14 miles SW. of Keswick by Borrowdale, and 9 miles by the Vale of Newlands. The lake is 1¼ mile long, ¾ mile broad, and 247 ft. above the level of the se.

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