Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DALEHEAD

DALEHEAD, a place on the south border of Cumberland; adjacent to Thirlmere, 6 miles SSE of Keswick. It has a post office under Windermere. Dalehead Hall stands on the margin of Thirlmere; and Dalehead mountain, with a small tarn, sends down a streamlet to the lake's head.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a place"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cumberland AncC
Place: Dalehead

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