Hawkswick

Hawkswick
Hawkswick
	Hawkswick
	Hawkswick Location within North Yorkshire
Population	70
OS grid reference	SD 954 705
Civil parish	Hawkswick;
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire;
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SKIPTON
Postcode district	BD23
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°07′51″N 2°04′15″W / 54.130920°N 2.070910°W

Hawkswick is a hamlet and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Situated in the Yorkshire Dales, it lies in Littondale on the River Skirfare.

The population of the civil parish was estimated at 70 in 2012.^[1] There is a caravan park adjacent to the hamlet, south of the River Skirfare.^[2]

Hawkswick was historically a township in the ancient parish of Arncliffe, part of Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire.^[3] Hawkswick became a separate civil parish in 1866.^[4] The parish was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire in 1974.

References

^ "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2012. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Littondale Country & Leisure Park". Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales". 1870. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
^ Vision of Britain website

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