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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Village in Cumbria, England}}<br />
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{{infobox UK place<br />
| country = England<br />
| static_image = St James Church, Uldale - geograph.org.uk - 453448.jpg<br />
| static_image_width = 240px<br />
| static_image_caption = St James Church, Uldale<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|54.72|-03.17|display=inline,title}}<br />
| official_name = Uldale<br />
| population =<br />
| civil_parish = [[Ireby and Uldale]]<br />
| unitary_england = [[Cumberland (district)|Cumberland]]<br />
| lieutenancy_england = [[Cumbria]]<br />
| region = North West England<br />
| constituency_westminster = [[Penrith and Solway (UK Parliament constituency)|Penrith and Solway]]<br />
| post_town = WIGTON<br />
| postcode_district = CA7<br />
| postcode_area = CA<br />
| dial_code = 016973<br />
| os_grid_reference = NY2436<br />
| pushpin_map = United Kingdom Allerdale<br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Allerdale]], [[Cumbria]] <br />
}}<br />
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'''Uldale''' is a small village and former [[civil parish]] in the [[Cumberland (district)|Cumberland]] district, in the ceremonial county of [[Cumbria]], England. It is about {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} from [[Caldbeck]], {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} from [[Ireby, Cumbria|Ireby]] with which it now forms the [[civil parish]] of [[Ireby and Uldale]] together with [[Aughertree]]. The Uldale Fells are in the vicinity,<ref name="NuttallNuttall1995">{{cite book|last1=Nuttall|first1=John|last2=Nuttall|first2=Anne|title=The Tarns of Lakeland: East|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6LK7ODv3MZUC&pg=PA13|access-date=12 June 2013|year=1995|publisher=Cicerone Press Limited|isbn=978-1-84965-246-9|page=13}}</ref> and to the southeast are [[Chapelhouse Reservoir]] and [[Over Water]]. It is located just inside the [[Lake District]] [[National parks of England and Wales|National Park]]. In 1931 the parish had a population of 217.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10012200/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Uldale AP/CP through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=30 December 2021}}</ref><br />
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Uldale has a place in literature as the occasional home of Judith Paris, a heroine of the ''Herries Chronicles'', the saga of a Cumbrian family written by [[Hugh Walpole]] in the 1930s.<br />
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==Buildings==<br />
St. James' Church (the "old church") is located {{convert|1|mi|km|0}} outside Uldale, yet only {{convert|0.5|mi|km|0}} from [[Ireby, Cumbria|Ireby]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitcumbria.com/kes/chk7.htm |title=Uldale - St James' Church|publisher= Visit Cumbria|access-date=12 June 2012}}</ref> It has a Grade II listing.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-72457-church-of-st-james-ireby-and-uldale-cumbr Church of St James, Ireby and Uldale], britishlistedbuildings.co.uk, retrieved 30 June 2014.</ref> A school was founded in 1726 on the current site of Dale House, but later moved to a larger building funded by the Cape family and many local famIlies.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}<br />
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The Old Church of England School was built in 1895 and served as the village School for over 100 years until closure in the 1990s. The building was set for demolition but was saved in 2010 when it was transformed into a tea room + gallery.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}<br />
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==Governance==<br />
Uldale is part of the [[United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|parliamentary constituency]] of [[Penrith and Solway (UK Parliament constituency)|Penrith and Solway]]. <br />
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For [[Local Government]] purposes it is part of the [[Cumberland (unitary authority)|Cumberland]] unitary authority area.<br />
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The village forms part of the [[civil parish]] of [[Ireby and Uldale]] and has its own [[Parish councils in England|Parish Council]] along with Ireby, ''Ireby and Uldale Parish Council''.<ref name=OSelec>{{cite web|url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/# |title=Ordnance Survey Election Maps|website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=3 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ireby-uldalepc.org.uk/|title= Ireby & Uldale Parish Council}}</ref><br />
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On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished to form Ireby.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10012200|title=Relationships and changes Uldale AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=30 December 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Notable people==<br />
* [[Jonathan Cape (mathematician)|Jonathan Cape]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Listed buildings in Ireby and Uldale]]<br />
* [[Little Cockup]]<br />
* [[Chapelhouse Reservoir]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/uldale Cumbria County History Trust: Uldale] (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)<br />
* [http://www.visitcumbria.com/kes/chk7.htm Uldale - St James' Church at Visit Cumbria]<br />
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