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Place name County Entry Source BAMPTON Westmorland Mardale chapelry. Acres, 10,390. Real property, £3,672. Pop., 541. Houses, 111. The property is much subdivided. A lead Imperial BLEA WATER Westmorland lakelet in Bampton parish, Westmoreland; on high ground on the W side of Mardale, 6½ miles SW of Bampton. Imperial CARLISLE Cumberland Mardale, and Swindale. The deanery of Penrith includes the rectories of Brougham, Melmerby, Ousby, and Great Salkeld; the vicarages of Addingham Imperial Chapel Hill Westmorland Chapel Hill , seat, Mardale, Westmorland, near Hawes Water. Bartholomew CHAPEL-HILL Westmorland Mardale, Westmoreland; near the head of Hawes water, 6½ miles WSW of Shap. It belongs to the Holmes, descendants Imperial GATESCARTH Westmorland Long Sleddale and the head of Mardale; 11½ miles NNW of Kendal. The descents from it command magnificent views. Imperial HARTER FELL Westmorland Mardale, Long Sleddale, and Kentmere; presenting a massive front to Mardale, and flanking the W side of the pass thence Imperial Hawes Water Westmorland between Mardale and Bampton; is 2½ miles long, ½ mile of average breadth, and 443 ft. above sea-level. Bartholomew HAWES-WATER Westmorland Mardale, extending north eastward, and terminating 2 miles SW of Bampton. Its length is 3 miles; its breadth, generally, is about Imperial HIGH STREET Westmorland Mardale; and it has also the summits of Yoke, Hill-Bell, and Froswick to the S, and those of Kidsty Imperial KIDSTY-PIKE Westmorland Mardale and the head of Martindale. Its summit is double headed, like Saddleback; and forms a prominent feature in the scenery Imperial LOWTHER (THE) Westmorland Mardale; runs northward, past Bampton, Knipe, Lowther Castle, Askham, and Clifton, to the Eamont at Brougham Castle; and has a total Imperial Mardale Westmorland Mardale , mountain vale, Westmorland, extending 2½ miles NE. from Harter Fell to Hawes Water; Mardale Green , vil., is 1 mile Bartholomew MARDALE Westmorland MARDALE , a hamlet, a mountain-vale, and a chapelry in Westmoreland. The hamlet bears the name of Mardale-Green; lies Imperial Nan Bield Westmorland Nan Bield , mountain pass, Westmorland, between Harter Fell and High Street mountains, from head of Kentmere to head of Mardale. Bartholomew NANBIELD Westmorland pass in the W of Westmoreland; leading from the head of Kentmere, past the W brow of Harter fell, into the head of Mardale. Imperial Riggindale Westmorland Riggindale , valley, Westmorland, between Kidsty Pike and High Street, extending eastward to Mardale. Bartholomew SHAP Westmorland Mardale. Acres, 27, 770. Real property, £3, 242. Pop., 991. Houses, 201. The property is subdivided. Most of the surface Imperial
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