Firbank is a village and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria. It has a population of 97.[1] As Firbank had a population of less than 100 at the 2011 Census, details are included in the parish of Killington. In 1652, George Fox preached to about 1,000 people at Fox's Pulpit, at one of the meetings which brought about the Quaker movement.
| Firbank | |
|---|---|
 Fox's Pulpit | |
  Firbank Location within Cumbria | |
| Population | 97 (2001) |
| OS grid reference | SD6293 |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SEDBERGH |
| Postcode district | LA10 |
| Dialling code | 01539 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
The poet Catherine Grace Godwin is buried at St John the Evangelist Church.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Office for National Statistics: Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : South Lakeland Archived 5 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 26 October 2010
- ^ The Poetical Works of the Late Great Catherine Grace Godwin Archived 16 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine, A.Cleveland Wigan, 1854
External links
edit- Cumbria County History Trust: Firbank (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Media related to Firbank at Wikimedia Commons
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