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HISTORICAL NOTE:
The
River
Greta
is
a
tribuitary
of
the
River
Derwent
and
flows
through
the
town
of
Keswick.
‘Greta’
derives
from
the
Old
Norse
“Griota”
meaning
“Stony
Stream”.
The
name
is
in
records
dating
from
the
early
13th
Century,
and
also
appears
in
Latinised
form,
as
“Gretagila”,
at
the
time
of
the
Magna
Carta.
The
source
of
the
river
is
near
Threlkeld,
at
the
confluence
of
the
River
Glendermackin
and
St
John’s
Beck.
From
there,
the
river
runs
westward,
roughly
aligned
with
the
former
Cockermouth,
Keswick
and
Penrith
railway
between
Keswick
and
Penrith.
The
river
subsequently
flows
through
Keswick
before
joining
the
Derwent,
just
as
the
latter
flows
out
of
Derwent
Water.
The
Medieval
bridge
over
the
river
in
Keswick
was
unusual
in
having
two
arches,
on
the
great
coach
road
from
Kendal
to
Cockermouth.
All
but
two
of
the
other
bridges
(
Troutbeck
and
Portinscale
)
crossed
their
rivers
in
a
single
span.
The
current
Greta
Bridge
in
Keswick
is
another
two
arch
structure,
replaced
in
the
1926
and
with
two
storm
culverts
added
in the 1960s.
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WATER and RIVER LEVEL SITES [ GOV.UK ]
HISTORICAL NOTE:
T
he
River
Greta
is
a
tribuitary
of
the
River
Derwent
and
flows
through
the
town
of
Keswick.
‘Greta’
derives
from
the
Old
Norse
“Griota”
meaning
“Stony
Stream”.
The
name
is
in
records
dating
from
the
early
13th
Century,
and
also
appears
in
Latinised
form,
as
“Gretagila”,
at
the
time
of
the
Magna
Carta.
The
source
of
the
river
is
near
Threlkeld,
at
the
confluence
of
the
River
Glendermackin
and
St
John’s
Beck.
From
there,
the
river
runs
westward,
roughly
aligned
with
the
former
Cockermouth,
Keswick
and
Penrith
railway
between
Keswick
and
Penrith.
The
river
subsequently
flows
through
Keswick
before
joining
the
Derwent,
just
as
the
latter
flows
out
of
Derwent
Water.
The
Medieval
bridge
over
the
river
in
Keswick
was
unusual
in
having
two
arches,
on
the
great
coach
road
from
Kendal
to
Cockermouth.
All
but
two
of
the
other
bridges
(
Troutbeck
and
Portinscale ) crossed their rivers in a single span. The current Greta Bridge in Keswick is another two arch structure, built in 1926.
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