Glendale, Northumberland of places both in this area, and Longsleddale near Kendal, Cumbria, where he also lived. Glendale, Northumberland Glendale is the name of a valley in North Northumberland that runs from the Cheviot Hills at Kirknewton onto the Milfield Plain, formed by the River Glen. However, the name is generally taken to indicate the area around the town of Wooler. Glendale gave rise to the fictional "Greendale", the area in which the Postman Pat stories are set. Author John Cunliffe adapted the name in his series of children's books after working in the area as a mobile library driver for many
Melrose, Scottish Borders Melrose, Scottish Borders Melrose (, "bald moor") is a small town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders, historically in Roxburghshire. It lies within the Eildon committee area of Borders Regional Council. The town's name is recorded in its earliest form as "Mailros", 'the bare peninsula' (Old Welsh or Brythonic), referring to the original site of the monastery, recorded by Bede, in a bend of the river Tweed. The original monastery at Melrose is referred to in the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" with the name "Magilros". In the late Middle Ages, when the monastery had been re-founded in its present position, its