Most of sedberghs retail outlets, including a good selection of bookshops, are accommodated along its narrow main street. St marks stays is for booking as a whole house for group accommodation. Garsdale, rawtheydale, cautley, low haygarth and west. The news prompted stlt chair carole nelson, who runs sleepy elephant books in the town, to call upon. Situated at the base of cautley spout, in the heart of the howgills, sedbergh, cumbria. Great book shop westwood books, sedbergh traveller. Sedbergh cumbria photos hotels accommodation attractions. For small corrections to the list entry please see our minor amendments procedure. The following information has been contributed by users volunteering for our enriching the list project. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Calders, the calf and cautley spout at sedbergh walking. Jun 29, 2006 sedbergh in cumbria has been designated englands first official book town published june 29.
Garsdale, rawtheydale, cautley, low haygarth and west baugh. Visit westwood books on your trip to sedbergh or united kingdom. Follow our our lifestyle and our stories in our gorgeous victorian property here in the cumbrian countryside of cautley. Sedbergh and district history society, publicationsthe history room 72a main street sedbergh la10 5ad.
Its benefice is united with those of st mark, cautley, and st john the baptist, garsdale, to form the benefice of sedbergh, cautley and garsdale. In addition to general subjects we hold a specialised stock in. There are 5 twin rooms with one having a triple bunk bed. It comprises a junior school for children aged 4 to and the main school.
Many of the books, maps and leaflets listed on this page can be found at the information and book centre, sleepy elephant, the post office and many of the book shops in sedbergh, as well as at the village store in dent. The cross keys is a 500 year old temperance inn, situated at the base of cautley spout in the heart of the howgills. There is a fine norman church, st andrews church, and overlooking the town is the site of castlehaw, an ancient motte and bailey castle built to repel the scottish hordes. Westwood books in sedbergh, englands booktown in cumbria and the yorkshire dales national park. Westwood books has a stock of over 70,000 titles antiquarian, secondhand, and new books mostly at reduced prices. Jan 27, 2000 mark westwood books is based in sedbergh, cumbria now established as englands booktown. It has a very beautiful and eyecatching sign featuring a painting of the howgill fells, and once inside the shop its very. This is a title awarded to a town whose varied enterprises are informally based around books and their production. St marks stays cautley, sedbergh, yorkshire dales national park la10 5lz england. This place is situated in cumbria county, north, england, united kingdom, its geographical coordinates are 54 19 0 north, 2 31 0 west and its original name with diacritics is sedbergh. With the exception of the limited number of books listed on this site, the books in the shop are not listed on the internet while the internet can be very useful when searching for a particular title, it is no substitute for browsing a large and varied stock of real books. Sedbergh tourist information by wordsworth country.
Westwood books is currently closed as the present time falls outside of the opening hours below. To date around 80 percent of the brown books, sedberghians and house magazines have been digitised thanks to generous funding from the heritage lottery fund, sedbergh school foundation and many old sedberghians and friends through the sponsor a year programme. The church is recorded in the national heritage list for england as a designated grade i. St marks church cautley the building visit sedbergh. Find out about life at st marks stays, the renovations, activities, retreats and things to do. Located in sedbergh, st marks stays provides accommodation with a patio and.
Located in a peaceful rural community amongst approximately 7 acres of fields and garden within the yorkshire dales national park, meadowbank farm is a wonderful, traditional small holding enjoying excellent views of the nearby howgills. The majority of butterfields projects were ecclesiastical. Sedbergh school is a coeducational boarding school in sedbergh, cumbria. May 16, 2009 the little town taking a leaf out of hays book. The town sits just within the yorkshire dales national park. St marks stays, cautley, sedbergh, cumbria group accommodation. Not everybody knows that sedbergh is a book town and so when a. But the fire escape there has always been a favourite place of gathering for swallow families, feeding, teaching etc. This is hillfarming country and the scenery is spectacular, with soaring fells, lush pastures and traditional stone farmhouses. Following spells in banking in paris and london, he worked in the central planning office of the government of fiji. Books listed on abe are not part of the shop stock. The books are the reason im here in sedbergh, the sturdy cumbrian market town that has, for the past three years, been englands official book. Sedbergh is an historic small town in cumbria perfect for shopping, especially rare books and unusual gifts walking, sightseeing and as a touring base for both the yorkshire dales and the lake district national parks. St marks stays offers a holiday house sleeping 10 for home stays.
Also stocked are book themed gifts, jigsaws, and cards. How appropriate for world book day that we can share with you the story of our recent guests and the celebration of their book club anniversary when we had a request from the lovely sarah, saying she wanted to reserve st marks stays for herself and her friends who were in a book club together, we were not sure what their weekend may entail at first. The original idea was to drive to rawthey bridge between sedbergh and kirkby stephen before making an ascent of west baugh fell but not long into the drive over jez admitted he had forgotten to bring the route description from a 2001 trail. It is part of the united parishes of sedbergh, cautley and garsdale. Mark s church was built in 1847 and designed by the eminent victorian architect william butterfield. The cross keys is a 400 year old national trust temperance inn situated close to cautley spout, englands highest waterfall. Lesley barrett has 82 books on goodreads, and is currently reading the house on the strand by daphne du maurier, and recently added prick. This book explores military matters in the local context and raises awareness of details that are not recorded on war memorials.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions we would like to hear from you. It was mid october, nights were shortening and we had over 50 miles to travel to the start of the walk. Roger lupton is thought to have been born at cautley in the parish of sedbergh in 1456 and he provided for a chantry school in sedbergh in 1525 while he was provost of eton. Cautley, sedbergh, la10 5lz, united kingdom excellent location show map. Historically part of the west riding of yorkshire, it lies about 10 miles 16 km east of kendal, 28 miles 45 km north of lancaster and about 10 miles 16 km north of kirkby lonsdale. The cross keys is a 400 year old national trust temperance inn. A wellsupported 11day books and drama festival in august is the centrepiece, but sedbergh is. Dec 14, 20 sedbergh letters jamie bruce lockhart on. Book town sedbergh seeks new recruits the bookseller. The little town taking a leaf out of hays book travel. We have books, games, dvds and cds, along with a bluetooth speaker for you.
It is an active anglican parish church in the deanery of kendal, and the diocese of carlisle. Lesley barrett sedbergh, c9, the united kingdom 82 books. The books are the reason im here in sedbergh, the sturdy cumbrian market town that has, for the. A rare and original account of life at sedbergh school in the late 1950s as seen through the letters home of two brothers. Book seller bookstores 77 main street, sedbergh, cumbria. Illustrated with drawings made expressly for the work by j.
Sedbergh is famous for its public school, set in magnificent parkland on the edge of the town. Get contact details, videos, photos, opening times and map directions. The cross keys temperance inn, cautley visit sedbergh. Sedbergh in cumbria has been designated englands first official book town published june 29. Collections of books here include a range of lake district and yorkshire specific books plus special. At sleepy elephant we have a wide range of special interest and collectable books for you to browse through. We would like to thank our customers for continued support in these difficult times. St marks is an inspired way to stay, connect and be part of our home away from. Compared by wordsworth to a herd of sleeping elephants, the picturesque howgill fells provide a superb backdrop to the small thirteenth century town of sedbergh, which along its surrounding neighbourhood provides a convenient base for exploring the yorkshire dales, including dentdale, garsdale, lunesdale, swaledale and wensleydale. Stumbled across westwood books looks new from the outside but old book collectors dont be put off. This new book contains more than 200 photographs, dating from the 1850s. Sedbergh in cumbria has been designated englands first. Pictures old and new of sedbergh and its social history. Henry wilson books sedbergh cigar shop opening times and.
We have a small farmhouse style restaurant where we serve daytime meals and snacks. All bedrooms are ensuite, with showers, to make life easy after all those walks in the howgill fells. History of sedbergh, garsdale and dent, with sedbergh. Navigation of the book on the cd rom is enhanced by the use of active links in the contents pages. Sedbergh, garsdale, and dent peeps at the past history and present condition of some picturesque yorkshire dales. St marks stays blog for you to live the outdoor lifestyle. Grid ref 664923 castlehaw tower is a small well preserved motte and bailey castle. And of course you are very welcome to phone us, or email, if there is a particular volume that you are looking for. Matthews benjaminmeadowbank farm, cautley road, sedbergh.
Add westwood books to your sedbergh travel itinerary, and discover new vacation ideas by. Adult reading group meets on second monday of every month at 3. As height is lost cautley spout comes into view high on the crags to the right. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. St andrews church is in main street, sedbergh, cumbria, england. Hebblethwaite hall, sedbergh 84099 historic england. Jamie bruce lockhart, born in 1941, was educated at the dragon school, oxford, sedbergh school, sedbergh, and st johns college, cambridge. Mark westwood books is based in sedbergh, cumbria now established as englands booktown. Sedbergh school is a coeducational independent boarding school in the town of sedbergh in cumbria, in north west england. Sedbergh, pronounced sedber, is englands book town.
St marks is a charming example of early victoria gothic and an oasis of calm. For small corrections to the list entry please see our minor amendments procedure the information and images below are the opinion of the contributor, are not part of the official entry and do not represent the official position of. St mark s church was built in 1847 to serve the people of cautley, which is a sparsely populated dale running north from sedbergh towards kirkby stephen. Visit westwood books on your trip to sedbergh or united. Book now for celebration weekends or use the studio for yoga retreats. None of the stock in the shop is for sale on the internet, so it is a book browsers paradise. The oval motte is around 30 feet high and surrounded by a ditch some 15 feet wide except on the south where there is a steep cliff dropping down to the houses below. A swallow just now, on my high windowsill yes and its only april 5th by the time id got my camera gone. St marks stays cautley, sedbergh, yorkshire dales national park la10 5lz.
St marks church was built in 1847 to serve the people of cautley, which is a sparsely populated dale running north from sedbergh towards kirkby stephen. Book club st marks stays group accommodation in cumbria. It is an early and interesting example of his work, preceded only by his church and parsonage at coalpit, gloucestershire. Add westwood books to your sedbergh travel itinerary, and discover new vacation ideas by using our. It has scenes approaching sedbergh from the station, along main street, through the market place, finkle street, and then returning along busk lane. The top of the motte is dish shaped, possibly caused. Ignore the path to the cross keys, instead turn right onto the bridleway and follow it south to cross cautley holme beck. There is a small farmhouse style restaurant where good food is served all day other than mondays. Once down in the valley follow the path to a junction with a bridleway. Apr 07, 2015 home news book town sedbergh seeks new recruits. A wellsupported 11day books and drama festival in august is. This is a traditional old book shop t its heart brought upto date with quiet places to read coffee if you get thirsty as time will pass quickly.
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