Sedburgh

Sedbergh (pronounced Sed-Ber) is an ancient market town in the Western Yorkshire Dales National Park, in north-west England. Although Sedbergh is now in the county of Cumbria, it used to be in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

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The town has a narrow, cobbled main street lined with shops. From all angles you can see the hills rising behind the houses. Until the coming of the railway in 1861, These were remote places that it was possible to reach only by slogging over some fairly steep hills. The railway to Sedbergh was closed in 1965.

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Market town: In medieval law, a market town is a town that has the right to hold markets. Market towns are opposed to villages, which are typically smaller and do not have this right, and to cities, which are typically larger and often have additional rights....

Yorkshire Dales: The Yorkshire Dales lie in an area of high ground in North and West Yorkshire, England....

National Park: A national park is a reserve of land, usually owned by a national government, that is protected from most human development and pollution. National parks are a form of protected area....