Bowderdale

Bowderdale
Bowderdale
	Bowderdale Bridge
	Bowderdale Location in former Eden District, Cumbria Bowderdale Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY6704
Civil parish	Ravenstonedale;
Unitary authority	Westmorland and Furness;
Ceremonial county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRITH
Postcode district	CA10
Dialling code	01539
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and The Border;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°26′10″N 2°29′49″W / 54.436°N 02.497°W

Bowderdale is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Kirkby Stephen. It is also the name of a dale in the Howgill Fells, the valley of Bowderdale Beck which rises on the western slopes of Yarlside and flows 5 miles (8 km) north to join the River Lune below the village of Bowderdale. For most of its length the beck forms the boundary between the parishes of Ravenstonedale and Orton.

The name, first recorded in 1224 as Butheresdal, is from the Old Norse búthar 'of the booths or shelters' and á 'river', so means "valley of the river of booths or shelters".^[1]

References

^ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Bowderdale", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521168557

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[1] Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Bowderdale", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521168557

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