Bedale
Bedale is a market community and civil parish in the area of Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is positioned 34 miles (55 kilometres) north of Leeds, 26 miles (42 km) south-west of Middlesbrough and also 7 miles (11 kilometres) south-west of the county town of Northallerton. It was originally in Richmondshire as well as provided in the Domesday Book as part of Catterick wapentake, which was additionally referred to as Hangshire (so called from Hang Bank in Finghall as well as due to the many hangings made use of to execute looting Scots); it was split once again and also Bedale continued to be in East Hang. Bedale Beck is a tributary of the River Swale, which forms one of the Yorkshire Dales, with its control of farming and its related little conventional trades, although tourism is significantly vital. An electoral ward of the same name exists, which ward consists of Aiskew parish as well as had a total population of 4,601 at the 2011 Census. In October 2018 the town was twinned with Azay-sur-Cher, a community in the Loire Valley in France.