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Sedgwick, Cumbria

Village and civil parish in Cumbria, England

Summary

Village and civil parish in Cumbria, England

Field	Value
official_name	Sedgwick
static_image	Sedgwick village - geograph.org.uk - 503249.jpg
static_image_caption	Sedgwick village
population	349
population_ref	(2011)
country	England
os_grid_reference	SD508878
coordinates
civil_parish	Sedgwick
unitary_england	Westmorland and Furness
lieutenancy_england	Cumbria
region	North West England
post_town	KENDAL
postcode_area	LA
postcode_district	LA8
dial_code	015395
constituency_westminster	Westmorland and Lonsdale
pushpin_map	United Kingdom South Lakeland
pushpin_map_caption	Location in South Lakeland

Sedgwick is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, 4.5 mi south of Kendal. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 380, decreasing at the 2011 census to 349.

Part of the historic county of Westmorland, its main points of interest are 2 Grade II listed buildings:

Sedgwick House, built in 1868 by Paley and Austin for the industrialist William Henry Wakefield
An aqueduct belonging to the drained section of the Lancaster Canal Sizergh Castle & Garden and Levens Hall are just west of the village.

The gunpowder works in Sedgwick, powered by water from the River Kent, operated to 1935. The Lakeland Maze Farm Park is east of the village.

References

"Sedgwick Parish".
"Sedgwick Parish".
"Sedgewick Gunpowder Works".

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