Greenholme is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumb ...

, England. The Greenholme Gala and Agricultural Show is held there annually. Greenholme Bridge crosses the

Birk Beck Birk Beck is a minor river in Cumbria. Rising on the fells near Shap, Birk Beck runs south-by-south east, picking up Wasdale Beck (running east and draining ''Yarlside'' and ''Gargill'') and Bretherdale Beck (flowing east from ''Demmings Moss'' ...

in the hamlet. This bridge appears upon a 1679 list of public bridges. Greenholme School - panoramio

Greenholme School was founded in 1733 as a Free Grammar School, and as of 1817 held 20 to 40 pupils. It closed c.1963. The hamlet of Lower Greenholme some 600 yards to the south-east is the site of a putative

motte-and-bailey castle A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade. Relatively easy to ...

, located on the south bank of where the Birk Beck bends sharply east, and conjectured to be an outpost of

Castle Howe Castle Howe is a motte and bailey castle in the town of Kendal, England. History Castle Howe was built after the Norman conquest of England, either in 1087 by the Norman nobleman Ivo Taillebois, or by the nobleman Ketel some time after 1100. ...

, although the site is currently interpreted as probably consisting of only natural features.

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