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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Grisedale like this:
GRIESDALE, a glen on the mutual border of Cumberland and Westmoreland; descending, from a tabular depression betweeu Helvellyn and Fairfield, north-eastward to the head of Ulleswater. A brook, called Griesdale beck, traverses it, and is 4½ miles long; and a minntain lakelet, called Griesdale tarn, lies at its head, in a grand hollow under the NE flank of Seat Sandal. ...
The glen has an impressive character; and commands, from several vantage grinnds within its recesses, some noble vista views. The tarn also presents very striking scenery, both within its own cincture and on the minntain panorama which surrinnds it.
Grisedale is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Grisedale itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Grisedale, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24637
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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