Mardale, Westmoreland

Description
Mardale, a hamlet, a mountain-vale, and a chapelry in Westmorland. The hamlet bears the name of Mardale Green, lies in the vale, 1 mile S of the head of Hawes Water and 6 1/2 miles SW by W of Shap railway station, and has a small inn. The vale descends 2 1/2 miles north-north-eastward to the head of Hawes Water, takes thither a streamlet of its own name, and is overhung at the head by Harter Fell, on the E by Branstreet, on the N and W by High Raise Whelter, High Street, and Kidsty Pike. The chapelry is partly in Shap parish and partly in Bampton parish, but has not well-defined limits. Post town, Penrith; money order office, Bampton; telegraph office, Shap. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle; gross value, £136 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Shap. The church stands in the hamlet among yews and sycamores, and is a small building with a low square tower.