Firbank is a village and civil parish in the South Lakeland 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.

Firbank
Fox's Pulpit
Firbank Location within Cumbria
Population	97 (2001)
OS grid reference	SD6293
Civil parish	Firbank
District	South Lakeland
Shire 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 54.342°N 2.578°W / 54.342; -2.578

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

See also

• Listed buildings in Firbank

References

External links

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

Media related to Firbank at Wikimedia Commons

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