Cotterdale

Cotterdale
Cotterdale
 Cotterdale shown within North Yorkshire
Population 12 [1]
OS grid referenceSD833940
Civil parishHigh Abbotside
DistrictRichmondshire
Shire countyNorth Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode district DL8
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
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Coordinates: 54°20′28″N 2°15′36″W / 54.341°N 2.260°W

Cotterdale is a small side dale and hamlet on the north side of Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England. The dale lies to the west of Great Shunner Fell. It is drained by East Gill and West Gill, which between them have nine waterfalls. They join to form Cotterdale Beck, which flows over three more waterfalls, including Cotter Force, below which the beck joins the River Ure.[2]

The place name is thought to be derived from the Old Norse kotar, meaning "huts".[3]

An Iron Age sword, with bronze scabbard, was found in Cotterdale, and is now in the British Museum.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Aboutbritain.com website
  2. ↑ Bagshaw, Mike (2014). Slow Travel - Yorkshire Dales. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 116. ISBN 978 1 84162 549 2.
  3. ↑ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Cotterdale", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978 0 521 16855 7
  4. ↑ "Kit guide:swords". Vicus. Retrieved 17 August 2014.