Beckwith, North Yorkshire

Beckwith
Beckwith
	Beckwith Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE282525
Civil parish	Beckwithshaw;
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire;
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HARROGATE
Postcode district	HG3
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°58′19″N 1°34′34″W / 53.972°N 1.576°W

Beckwith is a small settlement in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 2 miles (3 km) south west of Harrogate.

The place name was first recorded in about 972 as bec wudu, Old English for "beech wood".^[1] The place was historically a hamlet in the ancient parish of Pannal in the West Riding of Yorkshire.^[2] It was the ancient seat of the Beckwith family, which owned property here until 1753.^[2] It gave its name to the now larger village of Beckwithshaw, 1 mile west.

In 1974 Beckwith became part of Harrogate district in the new county of North Yorkshire. In 2010 the parish of Pannal was renamed Beckwithshaw.

References

^ Smith, A. H. (1961). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. 116.
^ ^a ^b Genuki website

[1] Smith, A. H. (1961). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. 116.

[genuki-2] Genuki website

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