Hampsthwaite

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Packhorse bridge in Hampsthwaite
Packhorse bridge in Hampsthwaite

Hampsthwaite is a small commuter village on the south bank of the River Nidd on the western edge of the Victorian spa town of Harrogate.

Administratively Hampsthwaite is a civil parish in the borough of Harrogate and the county of North Yorkshire, England.

In 1304, Edward the 1st (ie 'Longshanks' or 'Hammer of the Scots') granted the Market Charter of Hampsthwaite to hold an annual market and fair on the Feast of St Thomas the Martyr - Hampsthwaite being one of the few churches in the UK to be named after St. Thomas a' Becket.

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  • Hampsthwaite has SIX consecutive consonants in it.

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Coordinates: 54.02365° N 1.60616° W

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