Lower Dunsforth
Village in North Yorkshire, England
Human settlement in England
- Dunsforths
- North Yorkshire
- North Yorkshire
- Harrogate and Knaresborough
Lower Dunsforth is a village in the civil parish of Dunsforths, in North Yorkshire, England. It was recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) as Doneforde/Dunesford/Dunesforde.[1] St Mary's Church was rebuilt in the 1860s with a buttressed spire.
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Lower Dunsforth was formerly a township in the parish of Aldborough,[2] in 1866 Lower Dunsforth became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1960 the parish was abolished and merged with Upper Dunsforth with Branton Green to form "Dunsforths".[3] In 1951 the parish had a population of 113.[4] From 1974 to 2023 it was in Harrogate district.
References
- ^ The National Archives. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ "Descriptive gazetteer entry for Dunsforth (Lower)". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Lower Dunsforth CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "Population statistics Lower Dunsforth CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
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