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Middale, Longsleddale
Middale
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY49600344
1Km square:-   NY4903
10Km square:-   NY40


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BRH98.jpg  Flowers.
(taken 27.8.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 11) 
placename:-  Middale
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
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"Middale"

evidence:-   census returns:- 
placename:-  Middale

 old parish register (formerly )

evidence:-   old map:- Hodgson 1828
placename:-  Mid Dale
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 4 sheets mounted together on linen and rolled, Plan of the County of Westmorland, scale about 1.25 inches to 1 mile, by Thomas Hodgson, engraved by W R Gardner, Harpur Street, London, published by Thomas Hodgson, Lancaster, and perhaps by C Smith, 172 Strand, London,1828.
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map courtesy of Mark Cropper
"Mid Dale"
item:-  private collection : 371
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evidence:-   old map:- Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836
placename:-  Mid Dale
source data:-   Tithe map, Plan of part of the Township of Longsleddale, Westmorland, made regarding the Kendal Corn Rent Act, ie a tithe award map, scale about 20 inches to 1 mile, Kendal, Westmorland, 1836.
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courtesy of Mark Cropper
Plan of part of the Township of Longsleddale, Westmorland, made regarding the Kendal Corn Rent Act, ie a tithe award map, scale about 20 inches to 1 mile, Kendal, Westmorland, 1836.  "MID DALE"
item:-  private collection : 370
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 Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836

evidence:-   old map:- OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition) 
placename:-  Middale
source data:-   Map, engraving, area north of Kendal, Westmorland, New Series one inch map, outline edition, sheet 39, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1881-82.
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"Middale"
item:-  JandMN : 61
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evidence:-   old postcard:- 
source data:-   Postcard using a sepia toned photograph of people at Middale, Longsleddale alongside a Christmas Greeting, dated 1907
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courtesy of the Morton Family
item:-  private collection : 214
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 census records

 directory entries

evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
placename:-  Middale
source data:-   Map series, various editions with the national grid, scale about 6 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s, then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on demand from digital data.
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"Middale"

evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Wilson 1913
placename:-  Middale
source data:-   Book, New Shepherd's Guide for Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, by Thomas Wilson, 1913.
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"William Black ..., Mid-dale; upper fold bitted far, stroke down far shoulder, M on far side, W B on horn."
item:-  private collection : 329
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Gate 1879
placename:-  Mid Dale
source data:-   Book, New Shepherd's Guide for Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, published by Daniel Gate, Keswick, Cumberland, 1879.
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"WILLIAM STAINTON, Mid-dale; upper fold bitted far, stroke down far shoulder, S on far side, WS on horn."
item:-  Kendal Library : 38
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Hodgson 1849
placename:-  Middale
source data:-   Book, Shepherd's Guide, or a Delineation of the Wool and Ear Marks of the Different Stocks of Sheep, Lancashire, Cumberland, and Westmorland, by William Hodgson, Normoss, Corney, Cumberland, 1849.
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"JOHN MATTINSON, Middale."
"Upper fold bitted far ear, a red stroke down the far shoulder, M on the far side, IM on the horn, and a figure."
item:-  Kendal Library : 39
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Lamb 1937
placename:-  Mid-dale
source data:-   Book, Lamb's Shepherds' Guide for Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, by R H Lamb, published by the Herald Printing Co, Penrith, Cumberland, 1937.
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"N. Gregg, Mid-dale. Upper fold bitted far ear, red stroke down far shoulder."
item:-  Kendal Library : 40
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BIM36.jpg  Swaledale sheep with the Middale mark, in the pasture below Galeforth Brow:-
Blue stroke down farside shoulder.
(taken 1.3.2004)  
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BMC84.jpg  Sheep with the Wadshowe flock mark, in the pasture by Middale.
Red pop on shoulder.
(taken 12.5.2006)  


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BRH97.jpg (taken 27.8.2009)  
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BIG26.jpg (taken 4.12.2003)  
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BNU73.jpg  Cow and buttercups.
(taken 7.6.2007)  
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CBC46.jpg (taken 11.7.2014)  
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BXS59.jpg (taken 29.11.2012)  

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