The River Glenderamackin, the Glendermackin or Glendermackin Beck is a watercourse in
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. It is a headstream of the
Greta Greta may refer to:
*Greta (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name
Places
* Greta Bridge, village in County Durham, England
* Greta, New South Wales, town in Australia
** Greta railway station
** Greta Army Camp, form ...
.
The river rises on
Mungrisdale Common
Mungrisdale Common, pronounced ''mun-grize-dl'', with emphasis on ''grize'', is a fell in the English Lake District. Although Alfred Wainwright listed it as one of the 214 featured hills in his influential ''Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fell ...
north of
Blencathra
Blencathra, also known as Saddleback, is one of the most northerly hills in the English Lake District. It has six separate fell tops, of which the highest is the Hallsfell Top at 2,848 feet (868 metres).
Name
For many years, Ordnance Sur ...
and drains much of the eastern and southern sides of the mountain.
The river runs east, then north before sharply turning south at the village of
Mungrisdale
Mungrisdale is a small village and civil parish in the north east of the English Lake District in Cumbria. It is also the name of the valley in which the village sits.
Mungrisdale is a popular starting point for ascents of the nearby hills, ...
, skirting almost all around the bottom of
Souther Fell
Souther Fell is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands to the south of Mungrisdale village in the Northern Fells. It is most famous for the appearance of a "spectral army", said to have been seen marching along its crest on Midsummer ...
.
Latterly, the river turns west to the north of
Hutton Moor End
Hutton Moor End is a hamlet on the Hutton Moor Road in the north east of the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It lies within the civil parish of Mungrisdale and is known locally as 'Moor End' as it is at the end of the Hutton Moor on an old ...
and the Trout Beck joins it at Wolt Bridge to the south of Lowside. Not too far away it is soon swelled again by the waters of
Mosedale Beck next to Dobson's Bridge. The Glenderamackin continues past
Threlkeld
Threlkeld is a village and civil parish in the north of the Lake District in Cumbria, England, to the east of Keswick. It lies at the southern foot of Blencathra, one of the more prominent fells in the northern Lake District, and to the nort ...
, at which point it conjoins with
St. John's Beck to form the
River Greta.
Toponymy
The name ''Glenermakan'' is recorded from 1278.
[Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society.'' Kendal. 1866-1900 (first series) xxiii, pages 186 f.] The spelling ''Glendermakin'' is described in 1777. ''Glendermackin-beck'' is cited in 1778.
Etymology
The name "Glenderamackin" is of
Brythonic derivation and is cognate with the
Welsh
Welsh may refer to:
Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...
''glyndwfr y mochyn'', meaning 'the river valley (glyndwfr) of the pig (mochyn)'.
This etymology is supported by the etymology of Mungrisdale, through which the river flows, featuring the same meaning from
Norse.
Names of Rivers in Cumbria
. Retrieved 11 September 2006.
The 'glendera' element is also present in the name of Glenderaterra Beck
Glenderaterra Beck is a watercourse in the county of Cumbria, England.
The length of the Glenderaterra, and its major tributary Whit Beck is , which have a total catchment area of .
The beck runs from its source on Burnt Horse through the valley ...
, which joins the River Greta shortly after its source.
References
Glenderamackin, River
2Glenderamackin
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