Bassenthwaite
noun
a lake in nw england, in c-mbria near keswick. length: 6 km (4 miles)
historical examples
derwent water and b-ssenthwaite lake are the only lakes seen, and but one of these from the summit.
the ports, harbours, watering-places and picturesque scenery of great britain vol. 1 william finden
at b-ssenthwaite a man and his son trained a pair of otters to fish in the lake.
poachers and poaching john watson
both snow and hail are recorded on the 10th in the register kept for me at b-ssenthwaite halls, at the foot of skiddaw.
the edinburgh new philosophical journal, vol. xlix various
northern lights remarkably fine—chiefly a purple-blue—in shooting pyramids, moved from over b-ssenthwaite behind skiddaw.
anima poet samuel taylor coleridge
at keswick we staid one night, riding to b-ssenthwaite in the afternoon, and sailing upon the lake in the evening.
memoir of mary l. ware, wife of henry ware, jr. edward b. hall
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