Ambleside separated from Windermere and Grasmere in 1746
'The town which makes up this chapelry is in two parishes, that part where the chapel stands is in Grasmere parish, the other and greater part in Windermere parish. 5 miles from that church; chapel 3 miles from Grasmere. Town very populous...' , L.A.S. Butler, ed., The Cumbria Parishes, 1714-1725, from Bishop Gastrell's Notitia, with additions by Bishop Porteus, 1778-1779, Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Record Series, vol. 12 (1998), p.110.