Sedbergh |
Area, 10,930 acres. Ewcross wapentake. -Population, 657 ; Church-room, 200; Net value, £77.Patron, the Crown.
The glebe house is fit for residence.
The Register Books commence in 1608.
Charities:
Free School. Established about 1634, by Thomas Dawson. Endowment ; school-house, rent of 2a. 2r. of land, and interest of £53. 10s.; free scholars (not exceeding eight in number) in reading and writing.Poor's fund. Interest of £197. 10s.
William Inman's gift. Interest of £20 to the schoolmaster of Grizedale ; if no schoolmaster there, then to the poor. -Vide 13th Report, page 664.
References:
Not noticed by Torre. Whitaker's Richmondshire, vol. ii. page 362.