Char cottage, Buttermere, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, UK
by Neale And Judith Clark
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Char cottage, Buttermere, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, UK
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Neale And Judith Clark
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White Painted Char cottage, Buttermere, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, UK, Europe
Alamy ref: CEAN28
Buttermere is a lake in the Lake District in North West England.
The village of Buttermere stands at the north-western end of the lake, and beyond this is Crummock Water. There is a path around the lake which is about 4+1⁄2 miles long
The Buttermere Valley has been the site of human settlements for centuries. We know that large numbers of Vikings settled in Cumbria during the 9th and 10th centuries and many names in the area have a Norse origin.
It is more likely that the name Buttermere derives from Old English and means ‘the lake by the dairy pastures’. The fertile nature of the lush valley sitting between the two lakes quite literally made it a suitable place to make butter.
Sheep farming, as it has been for centuries, is the principal occupation in Buttermere and it is an important grazing place for the hardy Herdwick breed.
Other industries here included some limited mining, thanks to the discovery of haematite in the west side of the valley, and some iron production in medieval times. The remains of iron smelting furnace sites, or bloomeries, can be found around just east of Buttermere.
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March 28th, 2023
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