Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Martindale
	parish	Martindale parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		locality
	coordinates:-	NY4318
	10Km square:-	NY41
	1Km square	NY4318
	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.
		Martindale
		area, river valley
	placename:-	Martindale
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	old map:-	Ford 1839 map
		Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839.
		Martindale
		Alongside beck, between hill hachures.
	placename:-	Martindale
	county:-	Westmoreland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
		Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52.
		Page 145:-
		... leaving How Town, penetrate into Martindale, a sequestered spot shut out from the lake; its one-arched bridge, a chapel with low roof and simple bell-gable, and a picturesque yew-tree, are romantic objects. At the head of this dale, where it divides into two grains, is a hunting-box of the Hasell's. The want of wood here gives interest to the few scattered houses which are embowered in sycamore. ...
	placename:-	Martindale
	person:-	: Hassell Family
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	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 47:-
		... A few Red Deer are still remaining upon the Fells of Martindale.
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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; ...
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	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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		MARTINDALE
	placename:-	Martindale
		area; valley
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Wmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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		Martendale
		Circle, building and tower.
	placename:-	Martendale
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Saxton 1576
		Map, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576; published 1579-1645.
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		Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus.
		Markendale chap:
	placename:-	Markendale Chapel
	county:-	Westmorelandia
		hamlet
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	old print:-	Tattersall 1836
		Print, engraving, Lower Reach, Ullswater, from Pooley Bridge, Cumberland, 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.114 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall.
		printed at bottom:-
		LOWER REACH, ULLSWATER, / from Pooley Bridge. / [London Pubd. ...]
		printed at bottom left to right:-
		Swarth Fell. / Martindale. / High Street. / Hallen Fell. / Kirkstone. / Place Fell. / Fairfield. / Gowbarrow Parks. / Dunmallet.
	placename:-	Martindale
	date:-	1836
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-
		Print, hand coloured engraving, Lower Reach, Ullswater from Pooley Bridge, Westmorland and Cumberland, published by Sherwood and Co, London, 1836?
		Objects in the view are identified by a caption at the bottom - Swarth Fell, Martindale, High Street, Hallen Fell, Kirkstone, Place Fell, Fairfield, Gowbarrow Parks, Dumallet.
		printed at bottom:-
		LOWER REACH, ULLSWATER. / from Pooley Bridge. / Pubd. April 15th 1836 by Sherwood & Co London.
	placename:-	Martindale
	date:-	1836
	period:-	19th century, early
	hearsay	Between 1706 and 1739 there were 36 wild cats killed in Martindale; there was a bounty on their heads at this time. The bounty set on moles was three pence per acre to the parish molecatcher, 1566. But in Martindale, 1826, a shilling an acre was allowed for moles that presumed to burrow in the churchyard.
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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