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Wordsworth’s sonnet ‘To the River Greta, near Keswick’, was written in 1823. [4]Coleridge, referring to the sound of the boulders in the (19th C) stream, claimed that its name “literally rendered in modern English is ‘The Loud Lamenter’ - to Griet in the Cumbrian Dialect signifying to roar aloud for grief or pain –: and it does ‘’roar’’ with a vengeance!”.
It is a tributary of the River Tees and flows through the northern part of the old North Riding of Yorkshire. 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 ...
The river is formed by the confluence of the River Twiss and the River Doe at Ingleton. [ 3 ] From Ingleton, the Greta travels westwards through Burton-in-Lonsdale and, over the border in Lancashire, Cantsfield and Wrayton, passing Thurland Castle , where the Greta flows into the River Lune .
Brignall is a village and civil parish in the south-west of County Durham, England.It is located in an elevated position adjacent to the River Greta, 1.2 miles (2 km) upstream from Greta Bridge.
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.
Glenderaterra Beck near the Blencathra Field Centre. Glenderaterra Beck is a watercourse in the county of Cumbria, England. [1] [2] The length of the Glenderaterra, and its major tributary Whit Beck is 4.8 miles (7.8 km), which have a total catchment area of 11.8 square kilometres (4.6 sq mi).
Watch a live view of the Gaza skyline as the Israel-Hamas war enters a fifth day. Palestinian civilians were scrambling to find safe havens on Wednesday morning (11 October) as Israel stepped up a ...
Greta Bridge is a hamlet on the River Greta in the parishes of Rokeby and Brignall in County Durham, England. The bridge (now bypassed by the A66 trunk road ) is over the River Greta, just south of its confluence with the River Tees .