Swaledale

/ (ˈsweɪlˌdeɪl) /

a breed of small hardy sheep kept esp in northern England for its coarse wool which is used for making tweeds and carpets

Word Origin for Swaledale

from Swaledale, Yorkshire

The run up Swaledale may easily be achieved from Richmond, where there is a comfortable hotel.

Motor tours in Yorkshire |Mrs. Rodolph Stawell
Then they marched out against the Scots, and found them at Myton in Swaledale.

The History of England |T.F. Tout
There are few places in England, I think, that would be easier to love and harder to leave than Swaledale.

Motor tours in Yorkshire |Mrs. Rodolph Stawell
Away we rambled across the Ure to a small wooded hollow at the foot of Whitfell, in the hills which shut out Swaledale.

A Month in Yorkshire |Walter White

In fact, the word heronsew (for heron) is still used in Swaledale, Yorkshire.

Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales |Geoffrey Chaucer