The following useful bit of topography is taken from the old copy kindly lent by Dr. Kendall:-- "The ancient bounds of the manor of Coniston, besides the Water or Lake of Coniston, and certain tenements in Torver, Blawith, and Woodland thereunto belonging, are in these terms, namely:-- "Beginning at Coniston otherwise Thurston Water and so by the Eastern bank of Yewdale Beck up the same on to the low end of the close called the Stubbing and so upwards round the said close by the hedge that parts it from Waters Head Grounds into Yewdale Beck, and so up Yewdale Beck into the foot of Yewdale Field and so upwards by the hedge which parts the several Allans[A] belonging to Yewdale from Furness Fell grounds unto Yewdale Beck and so up Yewdale Beck unto the foot of a close called Linegards (otherwise Lang Gards) and so upwards round the said close by the hedge thereof betwixt it and Holme Ground unto Yewdale Beck and so up the said beck unto Mickle Gill head, and from thence ascending to the height of Dry Cove over against Green Burn and from thence by the Lile Wall to the height between Levers Water and Green Burn and so to the head of Green Burn and from thence by the Rear or Ray Cragg[B] and Bounders of Seathwaite unto Gaites Hause and so by the south side of Gaites Water and so down by Torver Beck to the foot of Fittess,[C] and so straight over to Brighouse Crag Yate and from thence to the Moss Yate and so down by a little Syke unto Brundale Beck and so down to the Broadmyre Beck and so down the same to Coniston Water aforesaid." [A] _Allans_, land bordering water, like _holme_; and supposed to be from the Celtic _Eilean_, island. [B] _Rear_ or _Ray Crag_, like _Rear_ or _Ray Cross_ upon Stainmoor, from the old Norse _Rá_, "boundary." [C] _Fittess_, like _Fitz_ at Keswick, Colwith _Feet_, Mint's _Feet_, &c., seems to be akin to the Icelandic _Fit_ (plu. _fitjar_), "meadow near a river or lake;" not found in Anglo-Saxon. VII.--THE CHURCH AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS. There was probably no church at Coniston before the time of Queen Elizabeth, though services may have been held by the squire's chaplain. Monk Coniston was, and still is ecclesiastically, in the parish of Hawkshead.