BUTTERMERE, a chapelry in the parish of BRIGHAM,
ALLERDALE ward above Derwent, county of CUMBERLAND,
8 miles (S. "W. by W.) from Keswick, containing
13,6 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy,
in the archdeaconry, of Richmond, and diocese of Chester,;
endowed with £ 1000 royal bounty, and £ 200 parliamentary,
grant, and in the patronage of the inhabitants.
The village lies in a deep winding valley, environed
by high rocky mountains; between the lake of
Buttermere, noted for its char, and Crummock water,
and in a district celebrated for its picturesque and romantic,
beauty. Mines of lead and copper were formerly
worked in these mountains: many of the labourers are
now" occupied in-the extensive quarries of fine blue slate
in Honister Crag.