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7-615: Lunedale is the dale , or valley, of the River Lune , on the east side of the Pennines in England, west of Middleton-in-Teesdale . Its principal settlements are Grassholme , Thringarth and Bowbank . Lunedale is also the name of a civil parish which covers most of the north side of the dale. The population of the parish was not counted separately at the 2011 census , but the combined population of Lunedale and Holwick parishes

14-426: A common Indo-European affinity. Vale and thalweg are also related. The following are several examples of major dales that have the name dale. The river name is usually appended with "-dale". There are also many smaller dales; this is not an exhaustive list (see dale (place name element) for more). The name Wuppertal ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) is similar in form. Dale (place name element) A dale

21-722: Is a valley , especially an open, gently-sloping ground between low hills with a stream flowing through it. It is used most frequently in the North of England and the Southern Uplands of Scotland ; the term " fell " commonly refers to mountains or hills that flank a dale. As with many other words, dale was preserved by Viking influence in Northern England . It appears in various contexts, such as up hill and down dale "over every hill and dale", and "up all hills, down all dales . The word dale comes from

28-534: Is currency unit dollar , stemming from German thaler or daler , short for joachimsthaler coins manufactured in the town of Joachimsthal in Bohemia. The word is perhaps related to Welsh dol (meadow, pasture, valley), Russian dol (valley, reverse side) and Serbian/Croatian/Bulgarian/Russian dolina (basin, doline is a geological term for certain surface depressions in karst areas). The uses are semantic equivalents to many words and phrases, suggesting

35-555: The Old English word dæl , from which the word " dell " also derived. It is related to Old Norse word dalr (and the modern Icelandic word dalur , etc.), which may have influenced its survival in northern England. The Germanic origin is assumed to be * dala- . Dal- in various combinations is common in placenames in Norway. Modern English valley and French vallée are claimed to be related to dale. A distant relative of dale

42-509: The south is Baldersdale . The Pennine Way passes through Lunedale on its way to Middleton-in-Teesdale , and crosses Grassholme Bridge over Grassholme Reservoir. A former railway viaduct from the now-closed Barnard Castle to Middleton-in-Teesdale line crosses the River Lune just north of Mickleton . This County Durham location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dale (landform) A dale

49-611: Was 187. Most of the south side of the dale is in the civil parish of Mickleton . Lunedale was historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire , but since 1974 has been in County Durham . The River Lune flows through Lunedale before reaching Teesdale where it joins the River Tees . The river flows through two reservoirs on the way: Selset Reservoir and Grassholme Reservoir . Running roughly parallel to Lunedale to

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