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The name Linslade is Anglo Saxon in origin, and may mean "river crossing near a spring". (Though other plausible meanings exist. [3]) The original form, recorded—for example—in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of 966, was Hlincgelad; then linchlade, pronounced lince-lade but by the time of the Domesday Book, in 1086, it had become Lincelada. [4]
The Lake District is a major sanctuary for the red squirrel and has the largest population in England (out of the estimated 140,000 red squirrels in the United Kingdom, compared with about 2.5 million grey squirrels). [41] The Lake District is home to a range of bird species, [42] and the RSPB maintain a reserve in Haweswater. [43]
Between 1965 and 1974 Leighton–Linslade was an urban district, with its council performing district-level functions. Since 1974 the parish has had a town council performing parish-level functions. The name Leighton-Linslade is generally only used in a local government context as the name of the parish and its town council.
Little Langdale village in 1974. The National Trust owns many farms and areas of land in the valley, [5] many of which date from the 17th century. Other than the farms and houses the village also has an inn. The Three Shires Inn was built in 1872 and is named after the Three Shires Stone two miles (3 km) away. [6]
Martindale is a valley, village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, situated within the Lake District National Park between the lakes of Ullswater and Haweswater.The valley is served by a narrow minor road which runs as far as the farm of Dale Head.
The Lake District National Park is located a few miles north. Travelling by road, Arnside is 10 miles (16 km) to the south of Kendal , 25.3 miles (40.7 km) to the east of Ulverston , 35.2 miles (56.6 km) to the east of Barrow-in-Furness , 13 miles (21 km) to the north of Lancaster and 14.3 miles (23.0 km) to the east of Grange-over-Sands .