Sedbergh
Sedbergh is a small town as well as civil parish in Cumbria, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies regarding 10 miles (16 km) eastern of Kendal, 28 miles (45 km) north of Lancaster as well as regarding 10 miles (16 km) north of Kirkby Lonsdale. The town rests simply within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Sedbergh is at the foot of the Howgill Fells on the north financial institution of the River Rawthey which joins the River Lune concerning 2 miles (3 km) listed below the community. The parish falls in the electoral ward of Sedbergh and also Kirkby Lonsdale. This covers both communities and surrounding locations with a complete population taken at the 2011 Census of 6,369. Sedbergh has a slim major street lined with shops. From all angles, the hills climbing behind the houses can be seen. Up until the resulting the Ingleton Branch Line in 1861, these remote places were obtainable only by walking over some rather high hills. The line to Sedbergh railway station ran from 1861 to 1954. The civil parish covers a huge area, including the communities of Millthrop, Catholes, Marthwaite, Brigflatts, High Oaks, Howgill, Lowgill and also Cautley, the southerly 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 house") and also on nearby Firbank Fell during his travels in the North of England in 1652. Briggflatts Meeting House was constructed in 1675. It is the name of Basil Bunting's long poem Briggflatts (1966 ). Sedbergh School is a co-educational boarding college in the community, while Settlebeck School is its primary state-funded secondary school.
