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List of kings of Limerick

Ruler	Reign	Notes
Tomrair mac Ailchi þórir Helgason	922 - ?
Colla mac/ua Báirid Kolli	? - 932
Amlaíb Cenncairech Óláfr	932 - 937
Aralt mac Sitric Haraldr	937 - 940
Ivar of Limerick Ívarr	? - 977

List of kings of York

Ruler	Reign	Notes
Hálfdan I	876–877
Guðroðr I	883–895	A slave before becoming king
Sigfrøðr	895 - c. 900	Known only from numismatic evidence. See Downham p. 79-80 for dates
Knútr	c. 900 - c. 905	Known only from numismatic evidence. See Downham p. 79-80 for dates; Æthelwold ætheling may have been a rival for control of Northumbria during this period
Ásl	c. 905 - c. 910	Co-king. Likely of the Uí Ímair. Died at the Battle of Tettenhall
Hálfdan II	c. 905 - c. 910	Co-king. Likely of the Uí Ímair. Died at the Battle of Tettenhall
Røgnvaldr I	918 - 921	Of the Uí Ímair
Sigtryggr	921 - 927	Of the Uí Ímair
Guðroðr II	927	Of the Uí Ímair. Driven out of York by Aethelstan
Óláfr I	939-941	Of the Uí Ímair
Óláfr II	941-944	Co-ruler. Of the Uí Ímair. Driven out of York by Edmund I of England
Røgnvaldr II	941-944	Co-ruler. Of the Uí Ímair. Killed by Edmund I of England
Eiríkr	947-948	Previously King of Norway. Deposed in 948
Óláfr II	949-952	Co-ruler. Of the Uí Ímair. Took advantage of Eiríkr's deposition to return. Deposed in 952
Eiríkr	952-954	Previously King of Norway. York incorporated into England in 954

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-{{Infobox lake
- | lake_name = Windermere
- | image_lake = Windermere Lake District from hill.JPG
- | caption_lake = <small>View of Windermere</small>
- | image_lake_size=
- | image_bathymetry =
- | caption_bathymetry =
- | location = [[Lake District|Lake District National Park]]
- | coords = {{Coord|54|21|30|N|2|56|10|W|region:GB_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}
- | type = Ribbon [[Mere (lake)|Mere]]
- | inflow = [[River Brathay|Brathay]], [[River Rothay|Rothay]], [[Trout Beck]], [[Cunsey Beck]]
- | outflow = [[River Leven, Cumbria|River Leven]]
- | catchment =
- | basin_countries = United Kingdom
- | length = {{convert|18.08|km}}<ref name="Parker2223">[[#Parker|Parker]], p. 22&ndash;23</ref>
- | width = {{convert|1.49|km}}<ref name="Parker2223"/>
- | area = {{convert|14.73|km²}} or {{convert|1473|ha}}<ref name="Parker2223"/>
- | depth =
- | max-depth = {{convert|66.76|m}}<ref name="Parker2223"/>
- | volume =
- | residence_time =
- | shore =
- | elevation = {{convert|39|m}}<ref name="Parker2223"/>
- | islands = 18 ([[Belle Isle (Windermere)|Belle Isle]], ''[[#Islands|see list]]'')
- | cities =
-}}
-'''Windermere''' is the largest natural lake in [[England]], and with a length of 18.08&nbsp;km it is also the longest. It is located within the [[Lake District|Lake District National Park]] in the county of [[Cumbria]]. Historically, Windermere marked the border of the lands belonging to the monks of [[Furness Abbey|Furness]] and the lands belonging to the [[Barony of Kendal|Barons of Kendal]]. After c. 1226 it marked the border of the counties of [[Westmorland]] and [[Lancashire]].
-The surrounding region was sparsely populated until the construction of [[Kendal and Windermere Railway]] in 1847, after which the area became one of the country's most popular places for holidays and summer homes.
-It is a [[ribbon lake]] that formed in a [[glacial trough]] following the retreat of ice at the start of the current [[interglacial]].
-==Etymology==
-The etymology of Windermere, also known as ''Winandermere'' until the nineteenth century, is subject to several different theories.{{#tag:ref|The usage of ''Winandermere'' was considered archaic by 1837.<ref name="Moule396">[[#Moule|Moule]], p. 396</ref>|group="nb"}} According to Berry's ''[[#Berry|The Lake District]]'', the name comes from the [[Old Norse]] "Vinandr mere", meaning "Vinandr's mere", where "Vinandr" is an Old Norse name.<ref name="Berry85">[[#Berry|Berry]], p. 85</ref> The suffix "-mere" comes from [[Old English]] and simply means "lake".<ref>[[#Skeat|Skeat]], p. 280</ref> An alternative theory, offered by Charnock in his ''[[#Charnock|Local Etymology: A Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names]]'', suggests "Winander" comes from the [[Welsh]] "gwyn hên dwr", meaning "the clear ancient lake", or it is a corruption of "Winder" which comes from "gwen dwr", simply meaning "the clear lake".<ref>[[#Charnock|Charnock]], p. 298</ref>
-"Mere" usually refers to a lake which is broad in relation to its depth, but this is not the case for Windermere.[CITE] In addition, Windermere has a noticeable [[thermocline]], distinguishing it from typical meres.[CITE] Until at least the early nineteenth century it was also known as ''Windermere Water''.<ref name="Moule396"/> Today, it is often called ''Lake Windermere'', perhaps to distinguish the lake from the nearby [[Windermere, Cumbria|town of Windermere]], which gets its name from the lake.<ref name="Moule396"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/the-lake-district-with-only-one-lake-1.65787|title=The Lake District - With Only One Lake|publisher=News and Star|accessdate=2015-01-25}}</ref> According to the poet [[Norman Nicholson]]: "a certain excuse for the [[tautology (rhetoric)|tautology]] can be made in the case of Windermere, since we need to differentiate between the lake and the town, though it would be better to speak of 'Windermere Lake' and Windermere Town', but no one can excuse such ridiculous clumsiness as 'Lake [[Derwentwater]]' and 'Lake [[Ullswater]]'".<ref>[[#Nicholson|Nicholson]], p. 77</ref>
-==History==
-One of the earliest written mentions of Windermere is in a work of [[Symeon of Durham]] dated c. 1130, where it is recorded as ''Wonwoldremere''. Symeon wrote about the actions of [[Æthelred I of Northumbria]] shortly after he came to the throne: "He took the young sons of the saintly King [[Ælfwald I of Northumbria|Ælfwald]] out of their sanctuary in [[York Minster]] with false promises of safety, and sent them away to be secretly drowned in Windermere".{{#tag:ref|The text given above is a translation. Original: "De ecclesia principali per promissa fallciae abducti, miserabiliter perempti sunt a rege Ethelredo in Wonwaldremere".<ref name="Oman347">[[#Oman|Oman]], p. 347</ref>|group="nb"}}<ref name="Oman347"/> The lake is mentioned in a charter of [[Henry II of England|Henry II]] dated c. 1157&ndash;1163 where it is called ''Wynandrem'''. In this instance, Windermere as mentioned as forming part of the border between the lands of the monks of [[Furness Abbey]] and the lands of the [[Barony of Kendal|Barons of Kendal]].<ref>[[#Farrer1902|Farrer 1902]], p. 312</ref> A [[final concord]] dated 1196 again mentions Windermere (this time as ''Winendremer''), where the lake is used to describe the boundaries of a parcel of land granted to [[Gilbert fitz Roger fitz Reinfried]], Baron of Kendal, and his wife Helewise by the monks of Furness.<ref>[[#Farrer1899|Farrer 1899]], pp. 4&ndash;5</ref>
-The region surrounding Windermere was sparsely populated until the mid-nineteenth century, but it continued to be important for the purposes of marking boundaries.<ref name="Berry85"/> The lake and its feeder river, the [[River Brathay|Brathay]], marked the western border of the county of [[Westmorland]] with the neighbouring county of [[Lancashire]], following Westmorland's creation in 1226 or 1227.<ref>[[#Rose|Rose]], p. 14</ref><ref>[[#Youngs|Youngs]]</ref> Since at least the twelfth century the main industries around Windermere and the other nearby lakes have been the growing of crops on the valley floors and the grazing of animals, particularly [[Herdwick]] sheep, on the [[fell]]s. Other historically sizeable local industries included mining, smelting, pig farming, and charcoal burning.<ref>[[#WoodWalton|Wood & Walton]], p. 16</ref>
-Windermere and the wider [[Lake District]] have been a popular destination for tourists since at least the mid-eighteenth century.<ref>[[#WoodWalton|Wood & Walton]], p. 14</ref> In 1778 Father [[Thomas West (clergyman)|Thomas West's]] ''Guide to the Lakes'' was published, wherein a spot on the eastern slopes of [[Claife Heights]] overlooking Windermere is named as the number one "station" to visit.<ref name="WoodWalton23">[[#WoodWalton|Wood & Walton]], p. 23</ref> From the 1770s onwards the natural landscape of Windermere was altered by the building of villas and the careful construction of aesthetically pleasing gardens and arboreta. The first such intervention was the construction of a circular house on [[Belle Isle]], the largest island on the lake.<ref name="WoodWalton23"/>
-In the two decades following the publication of West's guide artists and poets flocked to the Lake District, including [[Robert Southey]], [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]] and [[William Wordsworth]], the three main figures of the group later known as the [[Lake Poets]].<ref>[[#WoodWalton|Wood & Walton]], p. 22</ref>
-LAKE POETS - CONFLICTING VIEWS - REASONS FOR INCREASED TOURISM
-In the 1840s it was decided that a new railway should be built from [[Oxenholme]] via [[Kendal]] to Windermere. There was local opposition to the plan, including from those who were forced to sell their land to the railway company, and public opposition from William Wordsworth, by that time [[Poet Laureate]], who wrote to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]], the [[Board of Trade]], and a number of newspapers to express his dissatisfaction with the plan.<ref name="Berry84">[[#Berry|Berry]], p. 84</ref> Wordsworth also wrote a sonnet criticising the planned railway which was published in the ''[[The Morning Post|Morning Post]]'' in 1844.<ref>[[#Bicknell|Bicknell]], pp. 186&ndash;198</ref> Nevertheless, [[Royal Assent]] was granted to the plan in 1845, and by 1847 the railway had been completed.{{#tag:ref|The original plan for the railway had it running all the way from Oxenholme to [[Bowness-on-Windermere]], but due to the steep incline on the terrain where the final part of the railway was to be lain it was decided to terminate the line at Birthwaite (modern day town of [[Windermere, Cumbria|Windermere]]) instead.<ref name="Berry84"/>|group="nb"}}<ref name="Berry84"/>
-==Notes==
-{{reflist|30em|group=nb}}
-==References==
-===Citations===
-{{Reflist|30em}}
-===Bibliography===
-* {{cite book|last=Berry|first=Oliver|title=The Lake District (Lonely Planet Country & Regional Guides)|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=AKZ9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT85|date=1 May 2012|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74321-024-6|ref=Berry}}
-* {{cite book|last=Bicknell|first=P. |title=The Illustrated Wordsworth's Guide to the Lakes|date=1984|publisher=Congdon and Weed|location=New York|ref=Bicknell}}
-* {{cite book|last=Charnock|first=Richard Stephen|title=Local Etymology: A Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=apcmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA297-IA1|year=1859|publisher=Houlston and Wright|ref=Charnock}}
-* {{cite book|last=Farrer|first=William|title=Final concords of the county of Lancaster|url=https://archive.org/details/finalconcordsco00enggoog|year=1899|publisher=Printed for the Record society|ref=Farrer1899}}
-* {{cite book|last=Farrer|first=William|title=The Lancashire Pipe rolls of 31 Henry I., A. D. 1130, and of the reigns of Henry II., A. D. 1155-1189; Richard I., A. D. 1189-1199; and King John, A. D. 1199-1216.|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6935703M/The_Lancashire_Pipe_rolls_of_31_Henry_I._A._D._1130_and_of_the_reigns_of_Henry_II._A._D._1155-1189_R|year=1902|publisher=H. Young and sons|location=Liverpool|ref=Farrer1902}}
-* {{cite book|last=Moule|first=Thomas|title=The English Counties Delineated|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=la0_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA396|year=1837|publisher=Virtue|ref=Moule}}
-* {{cite book|last=Nicholson|first=Norman|title=Portrait of the Lakes|location=London|publisher=Robert Hale & Company|year=1972|edition=2nd|ref=Nicholson}}
-* {{cite book|last=Oman|first=Charles|title=England Before the Norman Conquest|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=buYQAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA347|publisher=Рипол Классик|isbn=978-5-87804-834-7|ref=Oman}}
-* {{cite book|last=Parker|first=John|title=An Atlas of the English Lakes|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=OO06ZziOPwgC|publisher=Cicerone Press Limited|isbn=978-1-84965-231-5|year=2004|ref=Parker}}
-* {{cite book|last=Rose|first=Thomas|title=Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham & Northumberland|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ytIHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA14|year=1832|ref=Rose}}
-* {{cite book|last=Skeat|first=Walter William|title=The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=aDhGlKL3h00C|year=1993|publisher=Wordsworth Editions|isbn=978-1-85326-311-8|ref=Skeat}}
-* {{cite book|last=Winn|first=Christopher|title=I Never Knew That About the Lake District|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=B-QgIKDqc04C&pg=PT152|date=29 April 2010|publisher=Ebury Publishing|isbn=978-1-4070-3111-8|ref=Winn}}
-* {{cite book|last1=Wood|first1=Jason|last2=Walton|first2=John K.|title=The Making of a Cultural Landscape: The English Lake District as Tourist Destination, 1750-2010|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rUWiAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT251|date=28 November 2013|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-4094-7162-2|ref=WoodWalton}}
-* {{cite book|last=Youngs|first=F. A.|title=Guide to the Local Administrative units of England|volume=2|date=1991|publisher=Offices of the Royal Historical Society|location=London|isbn= 978-0-86193-127-9|ref=Youngs}}
-==External links==
-{{Commons category|Windermere}}
-*[http://www.visitcumbria.com/amb/windermere-lake/ Windermere on Visitcumbria.com]
-*[http://english-lake-district.info/maps/windermere-map.html Windermere Interactive Maps -  2d & 3d]
-{{Principal Lakes in English Lake District}}