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Famous People in the Sedbergh Area
Sedbergh, in Cumbria, and the surrounding area has had a good amount of connections to famous people throughout the ages. Part of this reason most definately was the inspiring scenery of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the Lake District National Park that attracted them here...
George Fox, founder of the Quakers, preached to a congregation of a thousand from a large rock on the fellside at nearby Firbank in 1652, known as 'Fox's Pulpit'. He began the Quaker movement, 'The Society of Friends'. The meeting house at Brigflatts dates from 1675 and is the oldest Quaker meeting house in the North of England.
More recently we have the likes of Will Carling who attended Sedbergh School on an army scholarship. He then went on to captain England's rugby team from 1988 to 1996.
Another former Sedbergh School pupil is Adam Rickitt. Most people would remember him from his part as Nick Tilsley in Coronation Street in 1997. He's now living in New Zealand with a role in Shortland Street, New Zealands longest running soap opera.
Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991) was an expert on the Lakeland Fells and will always be known for his Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells which he compiled between 1952 and 1966.
Near to Sedbergh lies the Lake District. Here, both William Wordsworth and Arthur Ransome found their paradise. William Wordsworth in Grasmere, and Arthur Ransome in Coniston Water, where he based his book 'Swallows and Amazons'.
