Sedbergh is a village as well as civil parish in Cumbria, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it exists concerning 10 miles (16 kilometres) east of Kendal, 28 miles (45 kilometres) north of Lancaster as well as about 10 miles (16 km) north of Kirkby Lonsdale. The community sits simply within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Sedbergh goes to the foot of the Howgill Fells on the north bank of the River Rawthey which joins the River Lune concerning 2 miles (3 kilometres) listed below the town. The parish falls in the electoral ward of Sedbergh and also Kirkby Lonsdale. This covers both towns as well as surrounding locations with an overall population taken at the 2011 Census of 6,369. Sedbergh has a slim main street lined with shops. From all angles, the hills rising behind your houses can be seen. Up until the coming of the Ingleton Branch Line in 1861, these remote areas were reachable only by walking over some relatively high hillsides. The line to Sedbergh train station ranged from 1861 to 1954. The civil parish covers a large area, including the districts of Millthrop, Catholes, Marthwaite, Brigflatts, High Oaks, Howgill, Lowgill and Cautley, the southern part of the Howgill Fells and the western part of Baugh Fell. George Fox, an owner of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), spoke in the churchyard of St. Andrew's Church (which he called a "steeple residence") as well as on close-by Firbank Fell during his journeys in the North of England in 1652. Briggflatts Meeting House was constructed in 1675. It is the name of Basil Pennant's lengthy rhyme Briggflatts (1966 ). Sedbergh School is a co-educational boarding institution in the town, while Settlebeck School is its major state-funded secondary school.