In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Mardale like this:
MARDALE, a hamlet, a mountain-vale, and a chapelry in Westmoreland. The hamlet bears the name of Mardale-Green; lies in the vale, 1 mile S of the head of Haweswater, and 6½ SW by W of Shap r. station; and has a small inn.-The vale descends 2½ miles north-north-eastward to the head of Haweswater; takes thither a streamlet of its own name; is overhung, at the head, by Harterfell, -on the E, by Branstree, -on the N, by High-street and Kidsty-pike; and is partitioned into two sections by the narrow ridge of Long Stile, projecting from High-street.—The chapelry is partly in Shap parish and partly in Bampton parish; but has not well-defined limits. ...
Post town, Penrith. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £132. Patron, the Vicar of Shap. The church stands in the hamlet, among yews and sycamores; and has a low square tower.
Mardale through time
Mardale is now part of Eden district. Click here for graphs and data of how Eden has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Mardale itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Mardale, in Eden and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21532
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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