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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LANGDALE (LITTLE), an upland vale in Langdale chapelry, Grasmere parish, Westmoreland; contiguous to Lancashire. It commences at the E side of Wrynose mountain; is separated into two ravines down to Fellfoot by a projection of Wrynose; extends 3½ miles eastward into junction with Great Langdale at Elter-water; and is traversed by a chief head-stream of the river Brathay. The two ravines have a grand gloomy character; the left one contains Blea Tarn, celebrated in Wordsworth's "Excursion;" and the stretch of vale below the ravines presents an irregular, hillocky surface, and contains a lakelet called Langdale Tarn and a waterfall called Calwith Force.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "an upland vale" (ADL Feature Type: "valleys") |
| Administrative units: | Grasmere CP/Ch/AP Westmorland AncC |
| Place names: | LANGDALE | LANGDALE LITTLE | LITTLE LANGDALE |
| Place: | Little Langdale |
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