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The Ancient Parish of SEDBERGH

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"SEDBERGH, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Ewcross; 5 miles from Dent, 11 from Kendal and Kirby Lonsdale, (Westm.) 13 from Kirkby Stephen, (ditto) 14½ from Hawes, 22 from Askrigg, 25 from Lancaster, (Lanc.) 77 from York, 265 from London. Market, Wednesday. Fairs, March 20; October 29, for horned cattle, &c. Principal Inns, Kings Arms, and Old Black Bull. Pop. 2,022. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Kirby Lonsdale, diocese of Chester, value, ~£12. 8s. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge." (There is further information for Sedbergh).

Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.

Birk House Blandsgill Brigg Flatts Broadfield Cautley Crook Of Lune Dandry Mire Deepdale Dent Dowbiggin

Frostrow Garsdale Gawthorpe Grisedale Howgill Ingmire Hall Kirthwaite Leniker Little Town Lordland

Marthwaite Milthrop Moorthwaite Bridge Scotchergill Settlebeck Soolbank Thorns Hall Thwaites Winterscale

Census

• Neville Randall has transcribed indexes to the Sedbergh Census for 1891. There are four files available all of which contain all the names for the appropriate district:
  • Surnames in the same order as the census for district RG12/3489.
  • Surnames in alphabetical order for district RG12/3489.
  • Surnames in the same order as the census for district RG12/3490.
  • Surnames in alphabetical order for district RG12/3490.
  • Please see Christine Amsden's Census pages for the following Census transcriptions:
    • Dent: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901
    • Garsdale: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
  • St. Andrew's Church, Sedbergh.
  • The School Chapel, Sedbergh, built 1901.
  • St. Andrew's Church, Dent.
  • The Methodist Church, Dent, originally Wesleyan, founded 1834.
  • The Church of St. John the Baptist, Garsdale.
  • The Street Chapel, Garsdale.
  • St. John's Church, Cowgill.
  • There is also information on the various Churches in the area (along with photographs) on the Sedbergh Lookaround web-site.
  • The School Chapel, Sedbergh.

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Dent.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Garsdale.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Howgill.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Sedbergh.

Community Websites

• The Sedbergh and district Lookaround contains local information, places to see, Churches, news stories and an Event Calendar for the area.

Description and Travel

• Garry Stockdill's Yorksview website contains a description and photographs of Sedbergh.

Directories

• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Baines's Directory and Gazetteer Directory of 1822.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Pigot's Directory of 1829.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Pigot's Directory of 1834.

Gazetteers

• There is further information about this parish from Pigot's 1829 Directory Yorkshire section.
• There is further information about this parish from Pigot's 1834 Directory Yorkshire section.
• There is further information about this parish from National Gazetteer 1868 Yorkshire extracts.

Maps

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• For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
• For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
• Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
• View maps of Sedbergh and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Names (Geographical)

• The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
  • (SD638951) Blandsgill
  • (SD755870) Cowgill
  • (SD668895) Lenacre
  • (SD685860) North Lord's Land
  • (SD705885) South Lord's Land

Societies

• This parish is covered by the following Society:
  • Try the Lancashire FHHS