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The River Gilpin is a
The River Gilpin is a river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
in the English
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county
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of Cumbria
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. Formerly, the river was in the county of Westmorland
Westmorland (, formerly also spelt ''Westmoreland'';R. Wilkinson The British Isles, Sheet The British IslesVision of Britain/ref> is a historic county in North West England spanning the southern Lake District and the northern Dales. It had an ...
.
The river rises near Gilpin Lodge in the vicinity of Bowness-on-Windermere
Bowness-on-Windermere is a town in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. It lies next to Windermere lake and the town of Windermere to the north east with which it forms the civil parish of Windermere and Bowness. The town was histor ...
and flows in a general south-by-south-easterly direction through Gilpinpark Plantation.
At Crosthwaite
Crosthwaite is a small village located in the Parish of Crosthwaite and Lyth, South Lakeland, Cumbria
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, the direction of the river changes from south to south-east, continuing past the hamlet of Row into the Lyth Valley
The Lyth Valley is on the edge of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England.
It gives its name to an electoral ward (one of 45 in South Lakeland).
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, where it is swelled by the much larger River Pool.
From there, the river continues moving south to Sampool, where it meets the River Kent
The River Kent is a short river in the county of Cumbria in England. It originates in hills surrounding Kentmere, and flows for around 20 miles (32 km) into the north of Morecambe Bay. The upper reaches and the western bank of the estuary ...
.
The name of the river is in honour of the Gilpin family.
See also
*Wild Boar of Westmorland
The Wild Boar of Westmorland is a legend concerning Richard de Gilpin and the villagers and pilgrims visiting the ruins of the Holy Cross at Plumgarths, and the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin on St. Mary's Isle on Windermere.
The story goes that ...
References
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