Population 70 Civil parish Litton Sovereign state United Kingdom Shire county North Yorkshire | OS grid reference SD905741 Country England Local time Wednesday 8:23 PM District Craven | |
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Region Yorkshire and the Humber Weather 3°C, Wind W at 24 km/h, 96% Humidity | ||
Litton is a village and civil parish in Littondale in the Yorkshire Dales in England. It lies in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) up Littondale from Arncliffe. From Litton a footpath leads 3 miles (4.8 km) over the fells to the north east to Buckden in Wharfedale. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 70 in 2012. In the 2011 Census the population was measured at 136. This includes the population of the civil parish of Halton Gill.
Map of Litton, UK
The centre of the village is an old public house, the Queens Arms, that dates back to the 17th century. Associated with the Queens Arms since 2003 is the Litton Brewery that brews Litton Ale.
Litton was historically a township in the ancient parish of Arncliffe, part of Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Litton became a separate civil parish in 1866.
The parish was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire in 1974.