| Cotterdale | |
|---|---|
 Cotterdale and the hamlet of the same name | |
.svg)  Cotterdale Location within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 12 [1] |
| OS grid reference | SD833940 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Hawes |
| Postcode district | DL8 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
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]
- ^ Aboutbritain.com website
- ^ Bagshaw, Mike (2014). Slow Travel - Yorkshire Dales. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 116. ISBN 978 1 84162 549 2.
- ^ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Cotterdale", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978 0 521 16855 7
- ^ "Kit guide:swords". Vicus. Archived from the original on 4 August 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2014.