Bedale
Bedale is a market town and also civil parish in the area of Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is located 34 miles (55 kilometres) north of Leeds, 26 miles (42 kilometres) south-west of Middlesbrough as well as 7 miles (11 kilometres) south-west of the county town of Northallerton. It was originally in Richmondshire and provided in the Domesday Book as part of Catterick wapentake, which was additionally referred to as Hangshire (so named from Hang Bank in Finghall as well as because of the many hangings used to perform marauding Scots); it was split again and Bedale remained in East Hang. Bedale Beck is a tributary of the River Swale, which develops among the Yorkshire Dales, with its control of agriculture and also its associated little traditional professions, although tourism is increasingly vital. A selecting ward of the same name exists, which ward consists of Aiskew parish and also had a complete population of 4,601 at the 2011 Census. In October 2018 the town was twinned with Azay-sur-Cher, a town in the Loire Valley in France.
