Bedale
Bedale is a market town as well as civil parish in the area of Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is positioned 34 miles (55 km) north of Leeds, 26 miles (42 km) south-west of Middlesbrough and 7 miles (11 kilometres) south-west of the county town of Northallerton. It was initially in Richmondshire and also listed in the Domesday Book as part of Catterick wapentake, which was also referred to as Hangshire (so called from Hang Bank in Finghall as well as because of the many hangings used to execute looting Scots); it was divided 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 predominance of farming as well as its associated little standard professions, although tourism is progressively important. A selecting ward of the same name exists, which ward includes Aiskew parish and had a complete population of 4,601 at the 2011 Census. In October 2018 the community was twinned with Azay-sur-Cher, a community in the Loire Valley in France.