# Barbon > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Barbon > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Barbon.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbon > Source revision: 1307744196 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{use British English|date=January 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | static_image_name = St Bartholomew's Church in Barbon.jpg | static_image_caption = [St Bartholomew's Church](/source/St_Bartholomew's_Church%2C_Barbon) | official_name = Barbon | type = Village and parish | country = England | region = North West England | os_grid_reference = SD6282 | label_position = top | coordinates = {{coord|54.217|-2.567|display=inline,title}} | population = 236 | population_ref = ''(2011)'' | civil_parish = Barbon | unitary_england = [Westmorland and Furness](/source/Westmorland_and_Furness) | lieutenancy_england = [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria) | constituency_westminster = [Morecambe and Lunesdale](/source/Morecambe_and_Lunesdale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | post_town = CARNFORTH | postcode_district = LA6 | postcode_area = LA | dial_code = 015242 | pushpin_map = United Kingdom South Lakeland | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the former South Lakeland district }} '''Barbon''' is a village and [civil parish](/source/civil_parishes_in_England) in [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria), England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 263,{{NOMIS2001|id=16UG004|title=Barbon Parish|access-date=25 April 2021}} which decreased to 236 according to the 2011 Census.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04002587|title=Barbon Parish|access-date=25 April 2021}} The church is dedicated to [St Bartholomew](/source/St_Bartholomew's_Church%2C_Barbon). The village is about {{convert|3|miles}} north of [Kirkby Lonsdale](/source/Kirkby_Lonsdale) and {{convert|2|miles}} north of [Casterton](/source/Casterton%2C_Cumbria). [Barbon Beck](/source/Barbon_Beck) flows through, and takes its name from the village before flowing into the [River Lune](/source/River_Lune). The [A683 road](/source/A683_road) passes to the west of the village between [Kirkby Lonsdale](/source/Kirkby_Lonsdale) and [Sedbergh](/source/Sedbergh). The village has been within the [Yorkshire Dales National Park](/source/Yorkshire_Dales_National_Park) since 1 August 2016. ==Description== The village was the childhood home of the poet [Catherine Grace Godwin](/source/Catherine_Grace_Godwin) who died here in 1845.[http://access.bl.uk/item/pdf/lsidyv338cb157 The Poetical Works of the Late Great Catherine Grace Godwin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116130559/http://access.bl.uk/item/pdf/lsidyv338cb157 |date=16 January 2016 }}, A.Cleveland Wigan, 1854 The Barbon Inn, in the centre of the village, is a hotel, pub and restaurant built as a [coaching inn](/source/coaching_inn) in the 17th century.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theaa.com/pubs/the-barbon-inn-374910 |title=The Barbon Inn |publisher=The Automobile Association |accessdate=2011-03-18 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319203115/http://www.theaa.com/pubs/the-barbon-inn-374910 |archivedate=2012-03-19 }} Barbon Manor was built as a shooting lodge for [Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth](/source/James_Kay-Shuttleworth),{{cite web | url = https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/barbon-manor/| title = Barbon Manor|access-date = 25 August 2025| website = University of Newcastle}} (the Shuttleworth family had been [lords of the manor](/source/Lord_of_the_manor) at Barbon since the 16th century). His grandson Edward James Kay-Shuttleworth (1890-1917) is buried at Barbon{{cite web | url = https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/community/4361 | website = Imperial War Museum | access-date = 25 August 2025| title = Kay-Shuttleworth Brothers}}{{cite web | url = https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/4026455 | website = Imperial War Museum | access-date = 25 August 2025| title = We remember the Honourable Edward James Kay-Shuttleworth}} Edward's wife, Sibell Eleanor Maud née Adeane, later married [Roger Fulford](/source/Roger_Fulford) and they lived together at Barbon Manor.Hart-Davis, Rupert, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31128 "Fulford, Sir Roger Thomas Baldwin (1902–1983)"], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography,'' Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2008, accessed 22 November 2008] Thw [Barbon Manor Speed Hillclimb](/source/Barbon_Hillclimb) is an event that takes place on three occasions each year, in May, June and July, on a driveway that runs through Barbon Manor Park, by permission of the Shuttleworth Estate. [[File:Barbon railway station 1753683 35820027.jpg|thumb|left|Until 1954 [Barbon](/source/Barbon_railway_station) had a railway station seen here in 1962]] ==Other sources== A family history study, written in 1913, says, "The Hardys of Barbon, and some other Westmoreland Statesmen : Their Kith, Kin and Childer" followed their family history in Barbon from the 16th century until the late 19th century.republished by Bibliolife ==See also== {{portal|Cumbria}} *[Listed buildings in Barbon](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Barbon) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Barbon}} *[http://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/barbon Cumbria County History Trust: Barbon] (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page) * http://barbonvillage.co.uk/ * http://barbon.org.uk/ * {{OpenDomesday|SD6382|barbon|Barbon}} [Yorkshire Dales National Park](/source/Yorkshire_Dales_National_Park) {{authority control}} Category:Villages in Cumbria Category:Westmorland and Furness Category:Civil parishes in Cumbria Category:Yorkshire Dales {{WestmorlandFurness-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Barbon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbon) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbon?action=history)). 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