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.

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. 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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