Garsdale
Sign in to saveGarsdale is a dale in the south-east of Cumbria, England. It lies within the Westmorland and Furness local government district and in the Yorkshire Dales National Park for planning purposes; it was historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 202, decreasing to 191 in 2011.
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- Garsdale in 2007.jpg
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- Garsdale
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- Garsdale
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- England
- UK place.region
- North West England
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- SD7489
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- Garsdale
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- Westmorland and Furness
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- Cumbria
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- Westmorland and Lonsdale
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- 191
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- (2011)
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- SEDBERGH
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- LA10
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- LA
- UK place.dial_code
- 015396
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- United Kingdom South Lakeland
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- Location in South Lakeland
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Garsdale is a dale in the south-east of Cumbria, England. It lies within the Westmorland and Furness local government district and in the Yorkshire Dales National Park for planning purposes; it was historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 202, decreasing to 191 in 2011.
==History== Historically, Garsdale was a chapelry in the ancient parish of Sedbergh in the Ewecross wapentake, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. In 1866, it became a separate civil parish. From 1894 to 1974, it was part of Sedbergh Rural District; it became part of the new county of Cumbria in 1974.