Population 236 (2011) Civil parish Barbon Country England Local time Thursday 8:57 AM District South Lakeland UK parliament constituency Westmorland and Lonsdale | OS grid reference SD6282 Region North West Sovereign state United Kingdom Shire county Cumbria Dialling code 015242 | |
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Barbon is a village and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 263, reducing to 236 at the 2011 Census. The church is dedicated to St Bartholomew. The village is about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Kirkby Lonsdale and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Casterton. Barbon Beck flows through, and takes its name from, the village before flowing into the River Lune. The A683 road passes to the west of the village between Kirkby Lonsdale and Sedbergh. The village has been within the Yorkshire Dales National Park Yorkshire Dales National Park since August 1st, 2016.
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Description
The village was the childhood home of the poet Catherine Grace Godwin who died here in 1845.
Barbon is the location of Barbon Manor Speed Hillclimb, an event that runs up to three occasions each year, in May, June and July, on a driveway that runs through Barbon Manor Park, by permission of the Shuttleworth Estate.
The Barbon Inn, in the centre of the village, is a hotel, pub and restaurant built as a coaching inn in the 17th century.