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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former human settlement
valley
accessPointFor Harter Fell NERFINISHED
High Street (fell) NERFINISHED
Kidsty Pike NERFINISHED
Riggindale NERFINISHED
administrativeArea Eden District (historic) NERFINISHED
cemeteryGravesMovedTo Shap NERFINISHED
constructionStartOfReservoir 1929
country England
culturalAssociation Lake District literature
currentUnder Haweswater Reservoir NERFINISHED
demolishedFor Haweswater Reservoir construction
drainageBasin River Lowther NERFINISHED
drainsTo River Lowther via Haweswater Beck
evacuationReason creation of Haweswater Reservoir
formerCounty Westmorland NERFINISHED
formerParishChurchRelocatedTo Shap NERFINISHED
hadBuilding Dun Bull Inn NERFINISHED
Holy Trinity Church, Mardale NERFINISHED
Mardale Green NERFINISHED
farmhouses
stone barns
hasFeature Mardale Head NERFINISHED
hasLake Haweswater (natural lake, before reservoir expansion) NERFINISHED
hasReputation one of the "lost villages" of England
historicalCountyTownNearby Appleby-in-Westmorland NERFINISHED
knownFor being flooded to create Haweswater Reservoir
lost village beneath reservoir
locatedIn Cumbria
Lake District
North West England
nearSettlement Bampton NERFINISHED
Burnbanks NERFINISHED
Shap NERFINISHED
partOf Lake District National Park NERFINISHED
region Lakeland NERFINISHED
reservoirCompleted 1935
submergedBy Haweswater Reservoir NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED

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