A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
MARTINDALE, a chapelry in Barton parish, Westmoreland; on the E side of Ulleswater, 8 ½ miles SW by S of Clifton r. station, and 10 SSW of Penrith. Posttown, Penrith. Acres, 8,060; of which 1,030 are water. R eal property, £1,476. Pop., 174. Houses, 39. The property is subdivided. Part of the land is common, and much is moor and mountain 'T he main portion is a glen, Martind ale-proper, traversed by a streamlet 4¾ miles northward from Kidsty Pike to Ulles-water, at the W base of Hallin Fell; and this has a bare appearance, but contains a few scattered houses shaded by sycamores, and has, in its upper part, a hunting-box of the Hassels. A snmmit-point on its W flank, reached by a green footpath, commands a fine view over the lower reaches of tains. The living is a p. cnracy in the diocese of Carlisle. Valne, £87.* Patron, A. W. Clarke, Esq. The church is a low-roofed ancicnt edifice, with a bell-gable; and was restored in 1833. There is an endowed national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Barton CP Martindale Ch/CP Westmorland AncC |
| Place: | Martindale |
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