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Firbank

Firbank is a village and civil parish in the district of the county of . It has a population of 97. As Firbank had a population of less than 100 at the 2011 Census, details are included in the parish of .
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  • Type: Hamlet with 120 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Firbank, Cumbria”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Holy Trinity Church and St Gregory’s Church, Vale of Lune.

Church
Photo: Peter Amsden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
stands in a country lane near the hamlet of Howgill, between and , , England. It is an active Anglican church in the deanery of Kendal, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and the Anglican Diocese of Carlisle.

Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Gregory's Church, Vale of Lune, also known as the Vale of Lune Chapel, is a redundant Anglican church situated on the A684 road about 1.5 miles to the west of , , England.

Bridge
Photo: Andrew Bowden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sedbergh and Beck Foot.

Photo: Zaian, Public domain.
is a town in , with a population of 1500 in 2021. It's in the valley of the River Rawthey, which flows into the Lune two miles west. In Old English "setberg" means a flat-topped hill, and it's a base for walking the gritstone moors.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in , England, situated on the B6257 road south of Lowgill, the West Coast Main Line and M6 motorway. The disused Lowgill Viaduct is close by.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village and civil parish in the district of , England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 223, increasing at the 2011 census to 242. is situated 3½ miles northwest of Firbank.

Firbank

Latitude
54.3416° or 54° 20′ 30″ north
Longitude
-2.578° or 2° 34′ 41″ west
Population
120
Elevation
1,020 feet (311 metres)
Open location code
9C6V8CRC+JR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31361406
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
7294792
Wiki­data ID
Q2683420
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Firbank” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Фирбанк”
  • Cebuano: “Firbank”
  • Chinese: “Firbank”
  • Dutch: “Firbank”
  • French: “Firbank”
  • Irish: “Firbank”
  • Italian: “Firbank”
  • Ladin: “Firbank”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Firbank”
  • Persian: “فربنک”
  • Polish: “Firbank”
  • Swedish: “Firbank”
  • Turkish: “Firbank”
  • Welsh: “Firbank”
  • “Firbank”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Crook of Lune and Eller Mire.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Knotts and St John the Evangelist, Firbank.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Firbank”. Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.