Firbank
| 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 | |
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.
The poet Catherine Grace Godwin is buried at St John the Evangelist Church.[2]
See also
References
- ^ 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, A.Cleveland Wigan, 1854
External links
Media related to Firbank at Wikimedia Commons
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