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One, that
Buttermere means "the lake by the dairy pastures" (from the Old English "butere mere"). Whaley suggests this as the correct interpretation: " 'butter lake, the lake with good pasture-land', from OE 'butere' 'butter', conveying the fertile nature of the flat alluvial land at both ends of
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that
Buttermere derives from the Old Norse personal name "Buthar", as in "Buthar's mere" (lake). This accords with local tradition, which says that the valley of Buttermere was part of the holdings of an 11th-century Norse chieftain called "Buthar" (sometimes spelt "Boethar"). Large numbers of
545:, but the isolated garrison needed constant reinforcement and supplies. It is claimed that the Cumbrians fought a guerrilla war against the Normans for almost half a century, attacking supply wagons, ambushing patrols and inflicting great losses upon them in terms of money, material and men.
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The extent to which Jarl Buthar is a semi-mythological figure is unclear. He is apparently mentioned in 12th-century Norman documents, but much of his story appears to be based on local legend and archaeology, later enhanced by
Nicholas Size's popular dramatised history (see below).
518:"deemed it 'not disputed that the family of the Scotic ruler, Bueth or Boet, held its own against the Norman intruder', with possession of the barony of Gillesland, for fifty years after the Norman Conquest."
578:, Lord of Carlisle and later Earl of Chester, nearly 50 years after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. It was clearly inspired by Nicholas Size's history, which it closely follows.
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574:, published in 1956, imagines the lives of Jarl Buthar and his band of Cumbrian rebels, and their last stand against the forces of a Norman army under the command of
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Vikings settled in the
Cumbrian area during the 9th and 10th centuries and many names in the area are of Norse origin: streams are termed 'becks', from the Old Norse
733:, pub. 1866, a scholarly etymology which comprehensively examines the influence of the Old Norse language and personal names on the place-names of the Cumbrian area.
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A useful short history of the
Lakeland area from prehistoric times to the late 14th century, Contains references to Jarl Buthar and the Cumbrian resistance movement.
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From his hidden stronghold at
Buttermere, it is said that Jarl Buthar conducted a campaign of running resistance against the Norman invaders, from the time of
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556:(c.f. Ferguson, "Ragnar's dale") between the Normans and the Anglo-Scandinavian Cumbrians led by the Jarl is the subject of a dramatised history by
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miles (7 km) long, and at one point runs through a rock tunnel beneath the locality of
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Two, that it is the corrupt form of a personal name. Robert
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mile (400 m) wide, and is 75 feet (23 m; 12.5 fathoms) deep. It has an elevation
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in 1069 right up until the early 12th century. In 1072 King
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of 329 feet (100 m). It is situated towards the head of the valley of the
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stands at the north-western end of the lake, and beyond this is
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Victoria history of the county of Cumberland : vol.1
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The Secret Valley: The Real Romance of Unconquered Lakeland
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Lakes and principal tarns in the English Lake District
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42:View of lake with Fleetwith Pike in the background
714:Buttermere Illustrated Guide to the Lake District
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153:Coordinates
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919:Categories
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859:Wast Water
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478:Etymology
419:Haystacks
365:Geography
347:Irish Sea
337:flows to
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824:Grasmere
594:landlord
543:Carlisle
466:and the
458:via the
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411:Robinson
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