Meanings
- A hamlet in Hutton parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district, situated on the Trout Beck (OS grid ref NY3826).
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Troutbeck is a tiny village midway between Penrith and Keswick in a very sparsely populated part of Cumberland, and it used to be said by facetious travellers that the reason why it ever had a station at all was to give the engine a rest after it had struggled up the long and trying incline from Threlkeld.
1951 October, “Notes and News: The Harmonium at Troutbeck”, in Railway Magazine, page 709 - A village in Lakes parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district, on another Trout Beck (OS grid ref NY4003).
- A village in Manicaland, Zimbabwe.
Origin
- Old Norsebekkr
- Old Englishtruht
- EnglishTroutbeck
From trout + beck (“stream”), from Old English truht + Old Norse bekkr.
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Troutbeck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Troutbeck
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