Newall with Clifton

Newall with Clifton (historically also spelt Newell with Clifton) is a civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies two miles north of Otley in West Yorkshire. The main settlement in the parish is the small village of Clifton. Despite its name, Newall is no longer in the parish, and lies across the border in West Yorkshire. They are joined by Newall Carr Road, which runs North from Otley Bridge. In the 2011 census the population of the parish was 147.[1]

In the medieval parish, Newall occupied low-lying pasture lands in a bend on the North side of the River Wharfe, with Clifton being high ground (above 300 ft) to the North, as far as the River Washburn.[2]

Newall with Clifton was historically a township in the large ancient parish of Otley in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[3] It became a separate civil parish in 1866. In 1903 the southern part of the civil parish, including the village of Newall, was transferred to the civil parish and urban district of Otley.[4] In 1974 Newall was transferred, with the rest of Otley, to the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough in the new county of West Yorkshire, whereas the civil parish of Newall with Clifton was transferred to Harrogate district in North Yorkshire.

References

  1. ↑ Neighbourhood statistics (2011)
  2. ↑ Wood, Paul (1999). A Guide to the Landscape of Otley. Otley: Christine Dean & Paul Wood. p. 40–41. ISBN 0951583611.
  3. ↑ GENUKI. Places in the parish of Otley, 1822
  4. ↑ Vision of Britain website

Coordinates: 53°56′N 1°42′W / 53.933°N 1.700°W / 53.933; -1.700

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