Haweswater and The Lost Village of Mardale Green
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- After a very dry summer the lost village of Mardale Green has reappeared from underneath the surface of Haweswater in the Lake District, Cumbria. The village was submerged when the level of the lake was raised in the 1930's to supply water to Manchester and the north west of England. Haweswater supplies 25% of the drinking water to the north west. Join me for a look around the submerged village including some great footage from the drone.
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I can remember my first visit on the Coast to Coast Hike I did prior to joining the Army in 1976. Much more is visible in this video. I return after I left the Army in 1979. Such a peacefull location. Its nice to see how it was.
Few years ago I read Haweswater by Sarah Hall. That's really awesome that I can see this place in this video. Thank you so much 😊 Greetings from Poland
Hello and thank you for watching. 😀
My great grandmother Marie (pronounced proper, Mariah) Kitchen lived in Mardale. Her brother Thomas Powley Kitchen had one boot raised as he was wounded in ww1. The Kitchens had 2 farms in the area. Her daughter was Magret Riddley, who begat Joyce Todd who is sat by me now. She very much enjoyed this video and said," Aye, tis a sad tale thou's tellin.".
Thanks Jason & Joyce. Great family history. 😀👍🏻
Fascinating! a detectorist's paradise I bet!
Now there’s an idea 🤔😀
Blinking heck. We thought it was low a couple of years ago! That was nowt compared to now. Fascinating history. Very sad that these old villages have been lost but amazing how they come back in times of drought to remind us of their past. Thanks Paul.
Yeah. Really quite spooky walking around the old streets, it’s going to need quite a considerable amount of rain to fill it back up!
Really interesting video with lots of good info. Cheers. Eddie.
Thank you 😀👍🏻
Was this filmed in 2021??
Yes. September 2021.
Another enjoyable video Paul, enjoy these fascinating stories 👍
Thank you Kevin. 👍🏻😀
Fascinating! Thank you so much for the video.
Thanks for watching. 😀👍🏻
I walked around Mardale village when I was 11 in 1984 or the year after. I remember it very well but at that age I didn’t appreciate where I was or the significance of the destruction of Mardale. Really want to go back but will have to wait a while I reckon. Fantastic video and thank you for sharing. 😀👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you for watching 😀👍🏻
Thanks Paul, great Vid.
You’ve clearly got a great research team behind you. Hollow buttress dam!
Thanks Bill. I have the full research team of 1 (me) currently working on the next video. 😀
@@ThatllDoVlog If you need any data Bill, I have many of the original pictures and maps of the area, and information from one of the locals who was once married to one of the last children to be baptized in the old church, I e-mailed you earlier.
Great video Paul very informative and beautifully shot, what an amazing place and story , thanks for all the effort that you put in to it and for risking life and limb to share it with us, loved it. 👍 great work mate.
Thank you. I really enjoyed filming this one, it was quite surreal standing in the remains of the village. There was an atmosphere being there that is difficult to explain. Awesome experience. 👍🏻
@@ThatllDoVlog Yes it looks surreal and a little spooky , it’s amazing how isolated the village must have been the surrounding scenery is amazing. Are there any photos of the village before it was demolished? It would be really interesting to see them. Cheers, Phil.
@@bear01745 Not many old photos out there. I have found one which I'll be posting with a side by side comparison on my Facebook page tomorrow.
I did wonder when you said the take off tower was just round this corner! Haha
This always makes me so sad…has such an eerieness to it…
Boots. Get yourself a pair of Whites or Wesco Boots. Either firm’s fire boots are great for off-trail.
I am sure that none of the residents wanted to leave their homes... were they relocated or compensated at all?
They were compensated, but I’m sure it wouldn’t have been enough. How much would you take to leave such a beautiful place. I’m not sure any amount would fully compensate. ☹️ Thank you for watching. 👍🏻
@@ThatllDoVlog Well exactly, they will have had history with the village not to say generations of family before them... Sad x
Some actually did find other farms to move to. The publican moved to another pub in Shap village. Yes, there was some compensation, but it' never enough....
@@Brian-om2hh The Greyhound is now closed and apartments I hear.
@@ThatllDoVlog The valley was sold to MWW for 170k back then, which was a mighty sum in those days.
🤢😢 Fantastic but also verry awfull to see this kind of destruction
Yes. It would have been a beautiful village.
Following some further research, I believe I was wrong on the location of the church, however the story of its demolition is still correct. 😀 I was right about the location of the inn though. 😎👍🏻
If the water level drops sufficiently, it is still fairly easy to spot the remains of the church foundations. Assuming you know where to look of course..... It is smaller than you might imagine. By the way, the dam itself wasn't fully completed until 1940, and that is when the level of the water began to rise to it's present level. Up until the 80's, the bridge actually had walls on each side. But sadly the walls have been robbed out by souvenir seekers. You are a little out with your church yard location. The water level was still a little high to see the location of the church. It was almost at the foot of the wooded area that projects out into the lake. In 1984, grass actually began to grow on the tennis court immediately opposite the Dun Bull Inn..... The school was moved, stone by stone, and rebuilt a couple of miles back down the road towards Bampton Grange. A large stone, on which some of Mardale's children had carved faces, is still in position outside the gate of the "school" , which is now a private dwelling..... Shap Historical Society has much information about Mardale, along with many old photographs of the village prior to it's demolition. There are even a couple of publications available - with lots of info and old photos- available from the Society itself.
Very interesting Brian. Thank you. 👍🏻
@@Brian-om2hh I have the original photos of the image outside the house taken by a late friend, the image is now weathered away and was of the headmaster of the school. The stone was found by locals below the dam whilst walking their dogs and moved to where it lies today.
@@daviddanielstephenson2833 Mardale School was removed, stone by stone, and rebuilt around 2 to 3 miles or so back down the road towards Bampton. It is now a private dwelling......
@@Brian-om2hh Hi Brian,The school in question was the Measand grammar school run by Rev Richard Hebson; there was also another public school mid way along the valley.
It was the grammr school which now stands at Walmgate Head and owned by a freind of ours, when we visit te area we always call in for a coffee.
Fascinating! Thank you for sharing. What's it like this year ? Is there even more showing now ?
Hello. We didn’t have such a dry summer this year in the lakes so the village remained underwater. The lake at the moment is full.
@@ThatllDoVlog What a shame. I've been watching similar clips of the reservoirs in the Peak district and how this year the lost villages are showing. Of course , they are further south so had a much drier summer.
I will keep my eye out for more videos from you
The village itself was Mardale. A particular part of the village was called Mardale Green...... Mardale Green can be seen at 20 seconds into this old film. It is the grassy area projecting into the lake in the middle distance.... ua-cam.com/video/bWvNM0M5KKw/v-deo.html
Thank you Brian. 👍🏻😀
@@ThatllDoVlog If you want/need a bit more Mardale info, Shap Historical Society (they have a website) have lots more, including some books and publications only available from them. I recently attended a talk/slide show of theirs in Bampton village, and it was really interesting.
Thank you Brian. 👍🏻
@@Brian-om2hh There is also a great book about the valley, called Mardale Mysteries.
@@daviddanielstephenson2833 There are several books and publications, but some are harder to find these days.
How sad so drie 🔱
I’m from windermere
Can you find anywhere to park?