Firbank

For the school in Victoria, Australia, see Firbank Girls' Grammar School. For people with the surname Firbank, see Firbank (surname).

Firbank
Fox's Pulpit
Firbank Location within Cumbria
Population	97 (2001)
OS grid reference	SD6293
Civil parish	Firbank
Unitary authority	Westmorland and Furness
Ceremonial county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SEDBERGH
Postcode district	LA10
Dialling code	01539
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Westmorland and Lonsdale
List of places UK England Cumbria 54°20′31″N2°34′41″W / 54.342°N 2.578°W / 54.342; -2.578

Firbank is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of the English county of Cumbria. It has a population of 97. ^[1] As Firbank had a population of less than 100 at the 2011 Census, details are included in the parish of Killington. In 1652, George Fox preached to about 1,000 people at Fox's Pulpit, at one of the meetings which brought about the Quaker movement.

The poet Catherine Grace Godwin is buried at St John the Evangelist Church. ^[2]

See also

• Cumbria portal

• Listed buildings in Firbank

References

1. Office for National Statistics: Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : South Lakeland Archived 5 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 26 October 2010
2. The Poetical Works of the Late Great Catherine Grace Godwin Archived 16 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine , A.Cleveland Wigan, 1854

External links

• Cumbria County History Trust: Firbank (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)

Media related to Firbank at Wikimedia Commons