Grasmere (lake) in 1893. Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley felt that such a location should instead be in public ownership, and soon afterwards started the National Trust with Octavia Hill and Robert Hunter. " 'The lake flanked by grass'; 'gres', 'mere'. Early spellings in 'Grys-', 'Gris(s)-' might suggest ON 'griss' 'young pig' as 1st el.[ement], but the weight of the evidence points to OE/ON 'gres' 'grass', with the modern form influenced by Standard English...The medial '-s(s)e-' may, as suggested by Eilert Ekwall in DEPN, point to ON 'gres-saer' 'grass-lake' as the original name.". Plus the element "'mere' OE, ModE 'lake, 'pool'". Grasmere (lake) Grasmere
David Rawnsley there he became a well-known sculptor and artist. He died in 1977 while married to his fourth wife Patricia, leaving one son from this last marriage. David Rawnsley David Rawnsley (1909–1977) was a British art director. For his last four films, Rawnsley oversaw a scheme to streamline production operations for the Rank Organisation. His innovations were widely ridiculed by the Rank film crews. Despite this resistance, David Rawnsley developed independent frame storyboarding and back projection, both radical improvements to the filmmaking process which are still in use today. David Willingham Rawnsley co-founded the Chelsea pottery with his third wife, born