Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Chapel in the Hause, Patterdale
	Chapel in the Hause
	Patterdale Chapel
	St Martin's Chapel
site name:-	Boardale Hause
civil parish:-	Patterdale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	chapel (ruin)
locality type:-	church (ruin)
coordinates:-	NY40851574
1Km square:-	NY4015
10Km square:-	NY41
	BRA03.jpg (taken 6.7.2009)   BRA04.jpg (taken 6.7.2009)
evidence:-	old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 12 11)  placename:-  Chapel in the Hawse
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.
evidence:-	old text:- Wordsworth 1810
source data:-	Guide book, A Description of the Scenery of the Lakes, later A Guide through the District of The Lakes, by William Wordsworth, 1810-35.   goto source page 127  "... Before we began to descend, turned aside to a small ruin, called at this day the chapel, where it is said the inhabitants of Martindale and Patterdale were accustomed to assemble for worship. There are now no traces from which you could infer for what use the building had been erected; the loose stones and the few things which yet continue piled up resemble those which lie"   goto source page 128  "elsewhere on the mountain; but the shape of the building having been oblong, its remains differ from those of a common sheep-fold; and it has stood east and west. Scarcely did the Druids, when they fled to these fastnesses perform their rites in any situation more exposed to disturbance from the elements. One cannot pass by without being reminded that the rustic psalmody must have had the accompaniment of many a wildly-whistling blast; and what dismal storms must have often drowned the voice of the preacher! ..."
hearsay:-	A ruin. Built by St Patrick, 5th century, ?dedicated to St Martin of Tours. Two packhorse routes meet here.

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