Bedale
Bedale is a market town and civil parish in the district of Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is located 34 miles (55 kilometres) north of Leeds, 26 miles (42 km) south-west of Middlesbrough as well as 7 miles (11 km) south-west of the county town of Northallerton. It was initially in Richmondshire and listed in the Domesday Book as part of Catterick wapentake, which was also called Hangshire (so called from Hang Bank in Finghall and because of the many hangings made use of to carry out looting Scots); it was divided again and also Bedale continued to be in East Hang. Bedale Beck is a tributary of the River Swale, which develops among the Yorkshire Dales, with its predominance of farming and also its associated small traditional trades, although tourist is increasingly important. An electoral ward of the very same name exists, which ward includes Aiskew parish and also had an overall population of 4,601 at the 2011 Census. In October 2018 the town was twinned with Azay-sur-Cher, a community in the Loire Valley in France.