Ambleside
Britishnoun
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The Romantic writer lived in Rydal Mount, in Ambleside, Cumbria, from 1813 until his death in 1850 and it was put on the market by his descendants last year.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
A fell-runner who had set off from Ambleside in the hope of making it down before the storm took hold had called for help after twisting an ankle.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2025
Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team were called to help a man who was reported to be unconscious at Grisedale Hause, near Grisedale Tarn in the Lake District.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2024
Erick Mattinson hunkered down in an Ambleside church after driving to collect his wife and a friend after their bus was canceled.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2023
William Wilson—whose brief, but distinguished career, has helped to confer an enduring lustre on the northern wrestling ring—died at Patterdale, in 1836, about forty years old, and was buried in Ambleside churchyard.
From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Gilpin, Sidney
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