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 situated 34 miles (55 kilometres) north of Leeds, 26 miles (42 km) south-west of Middlesbrough as well as 7 miles (11 km) south-west of the county town of Northallerton. It was initially in Richmondshire and also noted in the Domesday Book as part of Catterick wapentake, which was additionally known as Hangshire (so called from Hang Bank in Finghall and due to the many hangings made use of to implement looting Scots); it was divided once more and also Bedale remained in East Hang. Bedale Beck is a tributary of the River Swale, which forms among the Yorkshire Dales, with its control of farming as well as its associated little conventional trades, although tourism is increasingly crucial. A selecting ward of the very same name exists, which ward consists of 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.