Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Langdale, Great and Little

Langdale, Great and Little, 2 valleys, Grasmere par., Westmorland, separated by Lingmoor Fell; Great Langdale extends 5 miles SE. from the border of Cumberland to Elterwater, and is traversed by Langdale Beck; Little Langdale extends 3½ miles E. to Elterwater, where it joins Great Langdale; is traversed by the headstream of the river Brathay, and contains Langdale Tarn.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "2 valleys"   (ADL Feature Type: "valleys")
Administrative units: Grasmere CP/Ch/AP       Westmorland AncC
Place: Langdale

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