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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.

Related Topics:
Market town - Yorkshire Dales - National Park - England - County - Cumbria - 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.

Related Topics:
Cobbled - Railway - 1861 - 1965

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