Troutbeck
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Definitions
- 1 A hamlet in Hutton parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district, situated on the Trout Beck (OS grid ref NY3826).
"Troutbeck is a tiny village midway between Penrith and Keswick in a very sparsely populated part of Cumberland, and it used to be said by facetious travellers that the reason why it ever had a station at all was to give the engine a rest after it had struggled up the long and trying incline from Threlkeld."
- 2 A village in Lakes parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district, on another Trout Beck (OS grid ref NY4003).
- 3 A village in Manicaland, Zimbabwe.
Example
More examples"Troutbeck is a tiny village midway between Penrith and Keswick in a very sparsely populated part of Cumberland, and it used to be said by facetious travellers that the reason why it ever had a station at all was to give the engine a rest after it had struggled up the long and trying incline from Threlkeld."
Etymology
From trout + beck (“stream”), from Old English truht + Old Norse bekkr.
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