Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Mardale
	parish	Shap Rural parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		valley; building/s
	coordinates:-	NY473117
	10Km square:-	NY41
	1Km square	NY4711
		Mardale -- Shap Rural -- Cumbria / -- Old walls in the lake, about level with The Rigg -- 20.10.2010
	source:-	Martineau 1855
		Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-71.
		Page 174:-
		... will depend much on weather, of course; and we wish the traveller something more of a choice than was permitted to us when we were last there, when the wind laid the whole party fLat on the summit of the pass [Nan Bield], and put all thought of High Street quite out of the question. The account of the weather given by a resident not far off is "It donks and it dozzles; and whiles its a bit siftering: but it don't often mak no girt pel." That is,- it is misty, and drizzles; and it is sometimes showery; but there is not often a great down pour. The wind however is often strong; and the exhaustion from a high wind on high ground is greater than any would believe who has not experienced it.
		There is no difficulty in the ascent from Mardale Green; but the traveller indulges in frequent rests, for the sake of looking back upon the singularly-secluded valley, with its winding stream, its faintly-marked track, and its little inn, ...
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	old map:-	Garnett 1850s-60s H
		Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
		Mardale
		area
	placename:-	Mardale
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	descriptive text:-	Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
		Guidebook, Concise Description of the English Lakes, later A Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirky Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823 onwards.
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		Page 155:-
		The SECOND division [of slate rocks] comprehends the mountains of Eskdale, Wasdale, Ennerdale, Borrowdale, Langdale, Grasmere, Patterdale, Martindale, Mardale, and some adjacent places; including the two highest mountains of the district, Scawfell and Helvellyn, as well as the Old Man at Coniston. All our fine towering crags belong to it; and most of the cascades among the lakes fall over it. There are indeed some lofty precipices in the former division; ...
		...
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	source:-	Otley 1818
		New Map of the District of the Lakes, in Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, published by J Otley, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1818; pblished 1818 to 1850s.
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		MARDALE
	placename:-	Mardale
		valley
	hearth tax returns:-	Hearth Tax 1675
		listed twice
		Mardale
		in
		Bampton Pattricke
	placename:-	Mardale
	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	source:-	Martineau 1855
		Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-71.
		Page 230:-
		MARDALE AND MEASAND. HAWESWATER.
		Bland, Stephen, yeoman.
		Greenhow, Thomas, farmer.
		Holme, John, Esq., Chapel Hill,
		Kitchen, Thomas, farmer,
		Mawson, Aaron, yeoman.
		Mawson, George, yeoman.
		Nevinson, Henry, farmer.
		Rigg, Jonathan, schoolmaster.
		Towers, William, farmer & innkeeper.
		Towers, Mark, farmer.
		Watson, Isaac, farmer.
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	old print:-	Rose 1832-35
		Engravings - Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated; from drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, and H Gastineau, described by Thomas Rose, published by H Fisher, R Fisher, and P Jackson, Newgate Street, London, 1832-35.
	date:-	1833
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-	Rose 1832-35
		Engravings - Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated; from drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, and H Gastineau, described by Thomas Rose, published by H Fisher, R Fisher, and P Jackson, Newgate Street, London, 1832-35.
	date:-	1834
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-	Tattersall 1836 (version 1869)
		Print, hand coloured, Hawes Water, from Thwaite Force, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, 1836, engraved by W F Topham, published by T J Allman, 463 Oxford Street, London, 1869.
		Included in The Lakes of England, by W F Topham.
		printed at bottom:-
		HAWES-WATER, / from Thwaite Force.
		printed at bottom:-
		Wallow Crag. / Harter Fell. / Mardale Chapel. / High Street. / Kidsay Pike. / Whelter Crag.
	date:-	1836
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-	Tattersall 1836
		Print, engraving, Hawes Water, from Thwaite Force, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, engraved by W F Topham, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.
		The print is captioned with mountain names and acts as an outline view.
		Tipped in opposite p.109 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall.
		printed at bottom:-
		HAWES-WATER, / from Thwaite Force.
		printed at bottom left to right:-
		Wallow Crag. / Harter Fell. / Mardale Chapel. / High Street. / Kidsay Pike. / Whelter Crag.
	placename:-	Mardale
	date:-	1836
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-	Green 1815 (plate 26)
		Print, colour aquatint, View Down Haws Water from Mardale, Shap Rural, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1815.
		Plate 26 in a set of prints, Lake Scenery.
		printed at bottom:-
		VIEW DOWN HAWS WATER from MARDALE. / Published at Ambleside, June 1. 1815, by Wm. Green.
	placename:-	Mardale
	date:-	1815
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-	Green 1815 (plate 26)
		Print, colour aquatint, View Down Haws Water from Mardale, Shap Rural, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1815.
		Plate 26 in a set of prints, Lake Scenery.
		printed at top right:-
		26
		printed at bottom:-
		VIEW DOWN HAWS WATER from MARDALE.
	placename:-	Mardale
	date:-	1815
	period:-	19th century, early
		photographs
		courtesy of John Bennet
		Mardale -- Shap Rural -- Cumbria /
	story	Once, when Mardale was a remote valley, it was the refuge of outlaws. From 1209, it is said, they had their own dynasty of Kings of Mardale. The first was Hugh Holme, who conspired against King John in the Canterbury Conspiracy. For a while Hugh had to hide in a cave in Riggindale. The last was Hugh Parker Holme, died 1885.
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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