Sedgwick is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

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, England, south of

Kendal Kendal, once Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, south-east of Windermere and north of Lancaster. Historically in Westmorland, it lies within the dale of th ...

. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 380, decreasing at the 2011 census to 349. Part of the historic county of

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, its main points of interest are 2

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s: *

Sedgwick House Sedgwick House may refer to: ;in the United Kingdom *Sedgwick House, Cumbria Sedgwick House is located to the west of the village of Sedgwick, Cumbria, Sedgwick, Cumbria, England. It was built as a country house, was later used as a school, and ...

, built in 1868 by

Paley and Austin Sharpe, Paley and Austin are the surnames of architects who practised in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, between 1835 and 1946, working either alone or in partnership. The full names of the principals in their practice, which went under vario ...

for the industrialist William Henry Wakefield * An aqueduct belonging to the drained section of the

Lancaster Canal The Lancaster Canal is a canal in North West England, originally planned to run from Westhoughton in Lancashire to Kendal in south Cumbria (historically in Westmorland). The section around the crossing of the River Ribble was never completed, a ...

Sizergh Castle & Garden and

Levens Hall Levens Hall is a manor house in the Kent valley, near the village of Levens and south of Kendal in Cumbria, Northern England. History The first house on the site was a pele tower built by the Redman family in around 1350. Much of the presen ...

are just west of the village. The gunpowder works in Sedgwick, powered by water from the

River Kent The River Kent is a short river in the county of Cumbria in England. It originates in hills surrounding Kentmere, and flows for around 20 miles (32 km) into the north of Morecambe Bay. The upper reaches and the western bank of the estuary ...

, operated to 1935. From 1819 the works had access to the Lancaster Canal, and they were probably the cause of the rapid expansion of the village in the

Victorian era In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardia ...

. The Lakeland Maze Farm Park is situated to the east of the village.

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External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Sedgwick
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Visit Cumbria Page on SedgwickBritish History Page on Sedgwick
{{authority control Sedgwick, Cumbria Sedgwick, Cumbria Civil parishes in Cumbria

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