Barbon Explained

Static Image Name:St Bartholomew's Church in Barbon.jpg
Static Image Caption:St Bartholomew's Church
Official Name:Barbon
Type:Village and parish
Country:England
Region:North West England
Os Grid Reference:SD6282
Label Position:top
Coordinates:54.217°N -2.567°W
Population:236
Population Ref:(2011)
Civil Parish:Barbon
Unitary England:Westmorland and Furness
Lieutenancy England:Cumbria
Constituency Westminster:Westmorland and Lonsdale
Post Town:CARNFORTH
Postcode District:LA6
Postcode Area:LA
Dial Code:015242
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom South Lakeland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the former South Lakeland district

Barbon is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 263, which decreased to 236 according to the 2011 Census. The church is dedicated to St Bartholomew. The village is about north of Kirkby Lonsdale and 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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

See also

External links

Yorkshire Dales National Park

Notes and References

  1. http://access.bl.uk/item/pdf/lsidyv338cb157 The Poetical Works of the Late Great Catherine Grace Godwin
  2. Web site: The Barbon Inn . The Automobile Association . 2011-03-18 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120319203115/http://www.theaa.com/pubs/the-barbon-inn-374910 . 2012-03-19 .
  3. republished by Bibliolife