Beckwith,_North_Yorkshire

Beckwith, North Yorkshire

Beckwith, North Yorkshire

Hamlet in North Yorkshire, England

Beckwith is a small settlement in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 2 miles (3 km) south west of Harrogate.

Beckwith House

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The place name was first recorded in about 972 as bec wudu, Old English for "beech wood".[1] The place was historically a hamlet in the ancient parish of Pannal in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[2] It was the ancient seat of the Beckwith family, which owned property here until 1753.[2] It gave its name to the now larger village of Beckwithshaw, 1 mile west.

In 1974 Beckwith became part of Harrogate district in the new county of North Yorkshire. In 2010 the parish of Pannal was renamed Beckwithshaw.

References

  1. [1]
    Smith, A. H. (1961). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. 116.
  2. [2]
    Genuki website
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