He was born in the village, the son of the local parson, and never forgot his native Dale. A fountain of pink granite in the village centre, where the three cobbled streets meet, commemorates Dent’s links with Adam Sedgwick, (1785-1873), professor of geology at Cambridge University, who was one of the greatest field geologists of his time. The Dales Way long distance path runs along the length of the valley, as does the River Dee.ĭent is the only village in Dentdale, with its delightful cobbled streets. It is a farming community, with scattered homesteads, each sharing the fell and valley floor, owing much to the settlement patterns of the Vikings who came here in the 10th century. Dentdale, south of Sedbergh, is possibly the finest of the Cumbrian Dales, a valley full of beauty and historic interest.
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