The Bull Hotel, Sedbergh

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The Bull Hotel, formerly The Black Bull Hotel, is a 17th-century coaching inn in Sedbergh, Cumbria. It is located in a narrow passage parallel with the Main Street of Sedbergh and contains 14 rooms. [1] The inn has been used for conferences, particularly by science associations and groups such as geologists and naturalists since at least the 1880s. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. Thompson, William (1892). Sedbergh, Garsdale, and Dent: peeps at the past history and present condition of some picturesque Yorkshire dales. R. Jackson. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  2. Journal of earth sciences. Leeds Geological Association. 1895. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  3. Yorkshire Naturalists' Union (1960). The Naturalist. Simpkin, Marshall and co. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  4. Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales (1881). The Weekly notes. Printed for the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales by W. Clowes and Sons. p.  148 . Retrieved 13 August 2011.

Coordinates: 54°19′25″N2°31′39″W / 54.3237°N 2.5275°W / 54.3237; -2.5275