Mardale

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Mardale was a small Lakeland valley settlement in Cumbria, England, best known for being submerged beneath Haweswater Reservoir in the 1930s.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mardale canonical 1
Mardale (abandoned village) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former human settlement
valley
accessPointFor Harter Fell
High Street (fell)
Kidsty Pike
Riggindale
administrativeArea Eden District (historic)
linked to: Eden District
cemeteryGravesMovedTo Shap
constructionStartOfReservoir 1929
country England
culturalAssociation Lake District literature
currentUnder Haweswater Reservoir
demolishedFor Haweswater Reservoir construction
drainageBasin River Lowther
drainsTo River Lowther via Haweswater Beck
evacuationReason creation of Haweswater Reservoir
formerCounty Westmorland
linked to: Cumbria
formerParishChurchRelocatedTo Shap
hadBuilding Dun Bull Inn
Holy Trinity Church, Mardale
Mardale Green
farmhouses
stone barns
hasFeature Mardale Head
hasLake Haweswater (natural lake, before reservoir expansion)
hasReputation one of the "lost villages" of England
historicalCountyTownNearby Appleby-in-Westmorland
knownFor being flooded to create Haweswater Reservoir
lost village beneath reservoir
locatedIn Cumbria
Lake District
North West England
nearSettlement Bampton
Burnbanks
Shap
partOf Lake District National Park
linked to: Lake District
region Lakeland
reservoirCompleted 1935
submergedBy Haweswater Reservoir
submergedFor Manchester Corporation water scheme
public water supply
submergedInDecade 1930s
tourism starting point for fell walking around Haweswater
transportAccess minor road from Bampton to Mardale Head
valleyType glacial valley
visibleWhen water levels are very low
waterAuthority Manchester Corporation

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

High Street hasNearbySettlement Mardale (abandoned village)
subject linked to: High Street (mountain)
linked to: Mardale