Walden, Yorkshire
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| Walden | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
 Bridge End Farm, Waldendale | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE009826 |
| Location: | 54°14’16"N, 1°58’58"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
Walden is a dale and scattered hamlet that spreads within it, amongst the Yorkshire Dales, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The dale is a side dale of Wensleydale, sometimes known as Waldendale[1] or Walden Dale to distinguish it from the hamlet.
The hamlet stands two and a half miles south of West Burton at the mouth of the dale. A smaller hamlet, Walden Head, stands at the head of the dale, a mile south of Walden.
The name Walden, first recorded in 1270, comes from the Old English wala denu, possibly meaning "valley of the Welshmen".[2]
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References
- ↑ Wilkinson, George (19 December 2009), "Walks: West Burton", The Press, http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/countrywalks/4812946.West_Burton/, retrieved 21 May 2013
- ↑ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Walden", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978 0 521 16855 7