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The River Greta is a river in Cumbria, England. It is a tributary of the River Derwent and flows through the town of Keswick. "Greta" derives from the Old Norse "Griótá", meaning "stony stream". [1] The name is in records dating from the early 13th century, and also appears in Latinised form, as "Gretagila", at the time of Magna Carta. [1]
A full-time boys' school opened in 1853. [114] For older pupils, Keswick School, the free co-educational grammar school, successor to the Crosthwaite Free Grammar School, opened at a site diagonally opposite Greta Bridge in 1898. [115] In 1951 a new secondary modern school was built at Lairthwaite in Underskiddaw. [114]
The River Glenderamackin, the Glendermackin or Glendermackin Beck is a watercourse in Cumbria, England. It is a headstream of the Greta . The river rises on Mungrisdale Common north of Blencathra and drains much of the eastern and southern sides of the mountain.
The river's Old Welsh name was Derwennydd and it is believed to be to be the setting of the medieval Welsh lullaby Dinogad's Smock. [ 3 ] The river rises at Sprinkling Tarn underneath Great End and flows in a northerly direction through the valley of Borrowdale , before entering Derwentwater , which it exits to the north just outside Keswick ...
The name "Greta" derives from the Old Norse "Griótá", meaning "stony stream". [1] The river rises in the Pennines and drains Spittal Ings, Roper Castle (or Round Table) and Beldoo Moss to the east of Moudy Mea, before running east through Stainmore Forest. It is joined at West Charity Farm by Sleightholme Beck, its main tributary, which runs ...
For transport there is the A5271 road going past Great Crosthwaite and through Keswick town centre, the B5289 road nearby, the A591 road going south towards Kendal and Windermere and north towards Little Crosthwaite and Carlisle and the A66 road by-passing Keswick.
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River Greta may refer to: River Greta, Cumbria, England; River Greta, Durham, England; River Greta (Lune), England; Greta River, New Zealand This page was last edited ...