Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Elterwater

Elterwater, vil. and tarn, on W. border of Westmorland; tarn (3 miles in circuit), at junction of Great Langdale and Little Langdale; vil., adjacent to tarn, and 3 miles W. of Ambleside; P.O., T.O.; at head of tarn is Elterwater Hall.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village and tarn"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Westmorland AncC
Place: Elterwater

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