# Watermillock

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Village in Cumbria, England

Human settlement in England

Watermillock Parish Church of All Saints, Watermillock Watermillock Location in Eden, Cumbria Show map of the former Eden District Watermillock Location within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria OS grid reference NY445224 Civil parish Matterdale Unitary authority Westmorland and Furness Ceremonial county Cumbria Region North West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town PENRITH Postcode district CA11 Dialling code 017684 Police Cumbria Fire Cumbria Ambulance North West UK Parliament Westmorland and Lonsdale List of places UK England Cumbria 54°35′38″N 2°51′32″W / 54.594°N 2.859°W / 54.594; -2.859

**Watermillock** is a village and former [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish), now in the parish of [Matterdale](/source/Matterdale), in the [Westmorland and Furness](/source/Westmorland_and_Furness) district, in the ceremonial county of [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria), England. It is on the western shore of [Ullswater](/source/Ullswater), in the [English Lake District](/source/English_Lake_District). In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 448.[1] On 1 April 1934 the civil parish was merged into Matterdale.[2]

## Toponymy

The name *Watermillock* is first attested in the early thirteenth century, in the form *weþermeloc*, with *wethermelok* first found in 1253. The present-day form, beginning with *water*, is first attested in 1541, as *Wattermannock*, alongside a 1568 instance of *Waltermannock*. The *meloc* element derives from the [Common Brittonic](/source/Common_Brittonic) word that would, if it were still found in modern Welsh, be spelled *moelog*, meaning "place associated with the Mell Fells" (whose own name comes from the word that survives in modern Welsh as *moel* "bare"). The first element of the name originated as the word *[wether](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wether)* ("castrated male sheep"), though was adapted over time through [folk-etymology](/source/Folk-etymology) both to the [personal name](/source/Personal_name) *Walter* and to the noun *water*.[3]: 361–62

## Geography

The settlement is popular with tourists, with several campsites and two hotels.[4][5] The village and outlying farms are widely scattered between the lake and [Little Mell Fell](/source/Little_Mell_Fell). Much of the high ground around the village was once deer forest, popular with the local [gentry](/source/Landed_gentry) for hunting. [All Saints Church, Watermillock](/source/All_Saints_Church%2C_Watermillock) was built in 1881 of slate and red sandstone, replacing an earlier church at the site of what is now known as the Old Church Hotel. All the windows are memorials to various people, including [Cecil Spring Rice](/source/Cecil_Spring_Rice) and [Stephen Spring Rice](/source/Stephen_Spring_Rice_(1856%E2%80%931902)), who grew up in the village.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

The village is accessed by the [A592 road](/source/A592_road).[6] The Outward Bound Trust own the village manor next to the lake. The waterfall of [Aira Force](/source/Aira_Force) is situated to the west of the village.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## See also

- [Cumbria portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Cumbria)

- [Listed buildings in Matterdale](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Matterdale)

## References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Watermillock](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Watermillock).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Population Statistics Watermillock Tn/CP through time"](http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10012259/cube/TOT_POP). Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Relationships and changes Watermillock Tn/CP through time"](http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10119649). Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:0_3-0)** Whaley, Diana (2006). *A dictionary of Lake District place-names*. English Place-Name Society Regional series, 1. Nottingham: English Place-Name Society. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-904889-72-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-904889-72-7)..

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince, *Frommer's England 2010* (John Wiley & Sons, 19 Aug 2009), 650.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Jules Brown, *The Rough Guide to the Lake District* (Rough Guides UK, 24 Jan 2013), 213.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince, *Frommer's England 2010* (John Wiley & Sons, 19 Aug 2009), 650.

## External links

- [Cumbria County History Trust: Watermillock](http://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/watermillock) (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)

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