Bedale
Bedale is a market community as well as civil parish in the area 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 kilometres) 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 likewise referred to as Hangshire (so named from Hang Bank in Finghall as well as because of the many hangings used to carry out marauding Scots); it was divided once more and also Bedale continued to be in East Hang. Bedale Beck is a tributary of the River Swale, which forms one of the Yorkshire Dales, with its predominance of farming as well as its associated tiny typical professions, although tourism is significantly essential. An electoral ward of the 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 town in the Loire Valley in France.