Re Martindales Westmorland and Lancashire. My Grandfather, James Bell Martindale,and his brother John Johnstone Martindale and John's son Allan, ,were in business ( woollen manufacturing) in Manchester from about 1880 until 1933 at least.
The family were brought up in Dumfriesshire, Scotland and although I cannot discover the parents of their father---my Gt. Grandfather-- who was born (1828) in Kirkcudbright (from the 1841 census on which he was a Boarder.)
There are so few Martindales in Scotland I believe the family originated in Westmorland.I would like to find a link. Corriebell.