Walden is a dale and hamlet in the

Yorkshire Dales The Yorkshire Dales is an upland area of the Pennines in the Historic counties of England, historic county of Yorkshire, England, most of it in the Yorkshire Dales National Park created in 1954. The Dales comprise river valleys and the hills ri ...

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...

, England. The dale is a side dale of Wensleydale, sometimes known as Waldendale or Walden Dale to distinguish it from the hamlet. The hamlet lies south of West Burton at the mouth of the dale. The smaller hamlet of

Walden Head Walden Head is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire. It lies of Aysgarth and to the north is a similar village Walden. The village lies in the civil parish of Burton-cum-Walden. The hamlet is bisected by Walden Beck which runs for ...

lies at the head of the dale, south of Walden. The name Walden, first recorded in 1270, comes from the

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

''wala denu'', meaning "valley of the Welshmen". Looking Up Walden Dale

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