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About Hawkshead:
Just north of Esthwaite Water, Hawkshead is a pretty market village marked by a jumbled collection of stone houses, old arches and squares that enchanted both William Wordsworth – who went to school here – and later Beatrix Potter, who lived at Hill Top – a five-minute drive away at Sawrey.
Where does Hawkshead get its name from:
Hawkshead gets its name for the Norse word Houksete. The Houk comes from the Norse settler called Haukur and Saetr means settlement. .
Hawkshead was set up by the monks at Furness Abbey as a centre for the medieval wool trade.
- William Wordsworth, the famous Poet, was eductaed at Hawkshead grammar
- Beatrix Potter lived at Hill Top in Sawrey a 5 minute drive away
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