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Location within the British Isles is also an old name for the Great Britain, Great Britain Ireland The Isle of Man The Isle of Wight The Northern Isles, including Orkney, Shetland and Fair Isle The Hebrides, including the Inner Hebrides, Outer Hebrides and Small Isles Rockall The islands of the lower Firth of... British Isles.

Kirkby Stephen is a small market town in Cumbria is a administrative county located in the northwest area of England. The boundaries are along the Irish Sea to the west, and along the Pennines to the east. Cumbrias northern boundary stretches from the Solway Firth to Morecambe Bay along the Scotland border. Cumbria is neighboured by Northumberland... Cumbria, in the traditional county of Westmorland is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. Its main towns are Ambleside, Appleby-in-Westmorland (the County Town), Kendal, Kirkby Stephen, Milnthorpe and Windermere. The county contains large parts of the Lake District National Park. In 1974 it was combined with Cumberland and parts of Lancashire and... Westmorland, Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Official language None; English is de facto Capital London Capitals coordinates 51° 30 N, 0° 10 W Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK... England. It is located on the A685 at A grid reference is a standard method for the location of a point on a map. The grid itself is a coordinate system imposed on the map, and is numbered in such a way as to provide a unique way to identify any given feature. Grid systems vary, but the... grid reference NY-774-085 in the north of the area known as Mallerstang. The The River Eden is a river in Cumbria, England that flows through Carlisle on its way into the Solway Firth. Rising to the south of Kirkby Stephen in the fells that connect the Lake District to the Pennines, its steep-sided valley soon opens out as it follows the vale... River Eden passes East of the town centre.


The town is notable for the large parish church, known locally as the "Cathedral of the Dales", which contains a relief of the Norse mythology, Viking mythology or Scandinavian mythology refer to the pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian people. It is the best-known version of the older common Germanic mythology, which also includes the closely related Anglo-Saxon mythology. Germanic mythology, in its turn, had evolved from an... Norse god This page is about the Norse god Loki. For other uses of the word see Loki (disambiguation). Loki tricks Hod into shooting Baldur Loki Laufeyiarson, in Norse mythology is the god of mischief, a son of Farbauti and Laufey, and is described as the contriver of all fraud. Loki is... Loki who is shown bound and chained.


The town holds weekly markets and the there are a number of Antique can stand for any of several things: An antique is an object, often furniture or any other domestic item, that is highly valued because of its age, or because it belongs to a specific time period. Antique is a province of the Philippines. Antique is a musical duo from... antique shops located in the town, which also serves as a base for walking tours of the Dales. The town in mentioned as being located near Devils Hole.


External links

  • Tourist information (http://www.kirkby-stephen.com/index.htm)

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Profile of Kirkby Stephen (741 words)
The market town of Kirkby Stephen lies at the head of the Eden Valley, and is easily accessible from the east and west along the A66.
Kirkby Stephen is typical of the district of Eden in that it has an extremely small ethnic minority population.
Christianity is the predominant faith in Kirkby Stephen and 83% of the population state their religion as Christian.
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