Description edited from Langdale's
Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire. (1822)
GARSDALE, in the parish of Sedbergh, wapentake of Ewcross; 5 miles from Dent, 7
E. of Sedbergh, 10 from Hawes, 15 from Askrigg.
Population 679.
The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the
deanry of Kirby Lonsdale, value, p.r. £80. 2s.
Patron, the King.
