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Sedbergh, Market Place 1894
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Sedbergh is a pleasant little market town on the southern edge of the lovely Howgill Fells. It grew rapidly in the Victorian era, being on a strategic turnpike road from Kendal to Kirkby Stephen. In the 1880s the railway came, and the town grew yet more hectic as the London to Scotland expresses roared by. Two men converse outside a hardware store on the left, and the Bull Hotel can be seen at the far end of the street.

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Sedbergh

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Sedbergh, Foster's Mill 1891.
This mill was built by my ancestor, Robert Foster.
Sedbergh, Fosters Mill 1891
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Racing The Flood
This story was related to me over 60 years ago. I have never had it verified, so how true it is I don't know. One day a family was haytiming up river from Sedbergh when they saw a wall of water coming down the river. Realising that the workmen building Birks dam (Mill Weir) would be caught by the flood one of the family jumped on his penny farthing bike and raced the flood to Birks. He just had time to warn the ...see more
Sedbergh, Mill Weir 1890
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