OS grid reference SE267531 Country England Shire county North Yorkshire UK parliament constituency Skipton and Ripon | Civil parish Beckwithshaw Sovereign state United Kingdom District Borough of Harrogate | |
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Population 425 (Including Haverah Park. 2011) Region Yorkshire and the Humber | ||
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.
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Map of Beckwithshaw, Harrogate, UK
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.
Beckwithshaw was historically a hamlet in the ancient parish of Pannal. 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. 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. A post office was opened in the village in 1887 but closed in October 1978.
Sports
Beckwithshaw Horse Trials, organised by British Eventing, is an annual cross country event held at Beaver Horse Shop on Windmill Farm.