We could not match "RYDAL" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 15 possible matches we have found for you:

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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "RYDAL":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  CARLISLE	Cumberland	Rydal, Brathay, Low Wray, Satterthwaite, Applethwaite, and Troutheck. The deanery of Cartmel includes the p. curacies of Cartmel, CartmelFell, Field	Imperial
  GRASMERE	Westmorland	Rydal-Mount, has embalmed in verse almost every spot on the lake or near it; and, when a dearly beloved	Imperial
  High Skelgill	Westmorland	Westmorland; has an extensive prospect, embracing the Vale of Ambleside, the Rydal and Langdale mountains, and the crags of Loughrigg Fell.	Bartholomew
  Loughrigg	Westmorland	Water, and Grasmere, and Loughrigg Tarn (308 ft. above sea-level) is on its SW. side. See RYDAL AND LOUGHRIGG.	Bartholomew
  LOUGHRIGG	Westmorland	Rydal and Loughrigg, township, Grasmere parish, Westmoreland; 2 miles W of Ambleside. Longhrigg fell here is a mountain between the Rothay	Imperial
  Nab Cottage	Westmorland	Cottage , on N. side of Rydal Water, Westmorland, 2 miles NW. of Ambleside; Hartley Coleridge (1796-1849), the poet, resided here.	Bartholomew
  Neilston	Renfrewshire	Rydal Water in Cumberland. 'Loch Libo,' he says, 'presents a scene of unparalleled beauty. Its lofty hills, on both sides	Groome
  Rothay	Westmorland	Rydal Water to the Brathay, near its influx to Windermere; in SW. vicinity of Ambleside, near Rothay Bridge , is Rothay	Bartholomew
  ROTHAY (The)	Westmorland	Rydal water, to the river Brathay a few yards above the latter's influx to Windermere. The scenery of its basin	Imperial
  Rydal	Westmorland	Rydal Hall, on Rydal Beck (left affluent of the Rothay), are Rydal Falls (High and Low); 2 miles NW. of Rydal	Bartholomew
  RYDAL	Westmorland	RYDAL , a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Grasmere parish, Westmoreland The village stands on the river Rothay, at the foot	Imperial
  Scandale	Westmorland	Rydal. Scandale Fell , 3½ miles N. of Ambleside, has an alt. of 2155 ft. Scandale Beck , affluent of the Rothay	Bartholomew
  SCANDALE BECK	Westmorland	Rydal Head and the Red Screes; running 4 miles south-south-westward to the Rothay, in the W vicinity of Ambleside	Imperial
  WESTMORELAND	Westmorland	Rydal-water, Elter-water, and seven or eight tarns. Mineral springs are at Clifton, Roundthwaite, and near Shap. The principal	Imperial
  Westmorland	Westmorland	Rydal Water, and Ullswater on the Cumberland border, and Windermere on the Lancashire border. The climate is moist. The arable	Bartholomew

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