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Barbon

Village and parish in England

Barbon

Unitary authority

Westmorland and Furness

Ceremonial county

Cumbria

Region

North West

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townCARNFORTHPostcode districtLA6Dialling code015242PoliceCumbriaFire Cumbria Ambulance North West UK Parliament

Westmorland and Lonsdale

List of places: UK; England; Cumbria

54°13′01″N 2°34′01″W / 54.217°N 2.567°W / 54.217; -2.567

Barbon is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 263,^[2] which decreased to 236 according to the 2011 Census.^[1] The church is dedicated to St Bartholomew. The village is about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Kirkby Lonsdale and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Casterton. Barbon Beck flows through, and takes its name from the village before flowing into the River Lune. The A683 road passes to the west of the village between Kirkby Lonsdale and Sedbergh. The village has been within the Yorkshire Dales National Park since 1 August 2016.

Description

The village was the childhood home of the poet Catherine Grace Godwin who died here in 1845.^[3]

Barbon is the location of Barbon Manor Speed Hillclimb, an event that takes place on three occasions each year, in May, June and July, on a driveway that runs through Barbon Manor Park, by permission of the Shuttleworth Estate.

The Barbon Inn, in the centre of the village, is a hotel, pub and restaurant built as a coaching inn in the 17th century.^[4]

Other sources

A family history study, written in 1913, says, "The Hardys of Barbon, and some other Westmoreland Statesmen : Their Kith, Kin and Childer" followed their family history in Barbon from the 16th century until the late 19th century.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Barbon Parish (E04002587)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Barbon Parish (16UG004)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
^ The Poetical Works of the Late Great Catherine Grace Godwin, A.Cleveland Wigan, 1854
^ "The Barbon Inn". The Automobile Association. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
^ republished by Bibliolife

External links

Media related to Barbon at Wikimedia Commons
Cumbria County History Trust: Barbon (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)
http://barbonvillage.co.uk/
http://barbon.org.uk/
Barbon in the Domesday Book