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The Ancient Parish of SEDBERGH
[Transcribed information mainly 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.
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[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2013]
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- 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
- 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.
- Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Andrew's Church, Sedbergh. (The Church's website is here.)
- Internal view looking down the nave
- Internal view looking westwards up the nave
- Sedbergh United Reformed Church, Sedbergh. (With short history).
- The School Chapel, Sedbergh, built 1901.
- St. Andrew's Church, Dent.
- Internal view looking down the nave
- Internal view looking down the side chapel
- The Methodist Church, Dent, originally Wesleyan, founded 1834.
- The Church of St. John the Baptist, Garsdale.
- Internal view looking down the nave
- The Street Chapel, Garsdale.
- St. John's Church, Cowgill.
- The former Mission Room, Millthrop.
- St. Andrew's Church, Sedbergh. (The Church's website is here.)
- A transcription of the Dent Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sedbergh Congregational Church History
- Transcript of the entry for Sedbergh in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Dent in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Garside in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Howgill in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Sedbergh.
- 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 List of Vicars of St. Andrews's Church, Dent.
- The List of Vicars of Sedbergh.
- The Sedbergh and district Lookaround and Visit Sedbergh contain local information, places to see, Churches, news stories and an Event Calendar for the area etc.
- Garry Stockdill's Yorksview website contains a description and photographs of Sedbergh.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer, Vol I, West Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750, Yorkshire extracts.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Sedbergh to another place.
- A transcription of the Dent Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sedbergh Congregational Church History
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- 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.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SD656922 (Lat/Lon: 54.324209, -2.530402), Sedbergh which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- The World War I Memorial Plaque in St. Andrew's Church, Dent.
- The World War II Roll of Honour in St. Andrew's Church, Dent.
- The Plaque in memory of R.H. Quick, Vicar 1883-1887 in St. Andrew's Church, Sedbergh.
- The World War I and II Memorial book, in St. Andrew's Church, Sedbergh.
- The World wars I and II memorial in St. Andrew's Churchyard, Sedbergh
- 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:
- (SD755870) Cowgill
- (SD668895) Lenacre
- (SD685860) North Lord's Land
- (SD705885) South Lord's Land
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- Try the Lancashire FHHS
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.