Beckwithshaw

Beckwithshaw
Beckwithshaw
 Beckwithshaw shown within North Yorkshire
Population 425 (Including Haverah Park. 2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSE267531
Civil parishBeckwithshaw
DistrictHarrogate
Shire countyNorth Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town HARROGATE
Postcode district HG3
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK ParliamentSkipton and Ripon
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Coordinates: 53°58′24″N 1°35′36″W / 53.973460°N 1.593210°W / 53.973460; -1.593210

Beckwithshaw is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England about 2.5 miles (4 km) south-west of Harrogate.

History

Beckwithshaw takes its name from the now smaller settlement of Beckwith, 1 mile to the east. The suffix "shaw", first recorded in 1323, is from the Old English sceaga, meaning a copse.[2]

Beckwithshaw was historically a hamlet in the ancient parish of Pannal.[3] When the village of Pannal was removed from the civil parish of Pannal in 1937, Beckwithshaw became the largest settlement in the parish. The name of the civil parish was changed from Pannal to Beckwithshaw in 2010.[4] The parish now shares a grouped parish council with Haverah Park.

Amenities

The village has a primary school, a pub (The Smiths Arms) and the Anglican Church of St Michael and All Angels. A board in the church names all the vicars, the first being Charles Farrar Forster, who served from 1887 until his death in August 1894. The church benefice is shared with St Robert's Church, Pannal.[5] A post office was opened in the village in 1887 but closed in October 1978.[6]

Sports

Beckwithshaw Horse Trials, organised by British Eventing, is an annual cross country event held at Beaver Horse Shop on Windmill Farm.

References

  1. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Smith, A.H. (1961). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. 116.
  3. ↑ Genuki website
  4. ↑ "Bulletin of changes to local authority arrangements, areas and names in England: Orders and changes made by the Government and councils between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010" (PDF). Department for Communities and Local Government. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  5. ↑ The Church of England: Pannal: other information Retrieved 5 January 2014
  6. ↑ "Beckwithshaw: The final frontier", Ken Forster, in Stamp Magazine, October 1999, pp. 30–31.

External links

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