SEDGWICK, a township in the parish of HEVERSHAM, KENDAL ward, county of WESTMORLAND, 4 miles (S.) from Kendal, containing 184 inhabitants. There is a place of worship for Independents. A mill for the manufacture of gunpowder was established here about 1770. The river Kent and the Lancaster canal pass through the township. Here is a free school with a trifling endowment.