Buttermere, High Stile 1889
Photo ref: 22065
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Photo ref: 22065
Photo of Buttermere, High Stile 1889

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This hamlet, at the foot of Buttermere in the western Lake District, takes its name from Old English, and means 'the lake by the dairy pastures'—where the butter is made. The farmstead of High Stile is still making butter a thousand years on.

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A Selection of Memories from Buttermere

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My sister Muriel and I attended buttermere school.I passedmy 11plus and went to Keswick school as a boarder.Muriel passed hers two years later and went to Cockermouth grammar. During the years culminating in 1948 (the war years)I recall Butter ere as being an idyllic place to have a childhood. School with our wonderful teacher Mrs Beattie was a real joy.Mrs Beattie travelled from Workington every day by miter bike.