Hawkswick

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.

Hawkswick

Hawkswick
Hawkswick
Location within North Yorkshire
Population70 
OS grid referenceSD954705
Civil parish
  • Hawkswick
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSKIPTON
Postcode districtBD23
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire

The population of the civil parish was estimated at 70 in 2012.[1]

Hawkswick was historically a township in the ancient parish of Arncliffe, part of Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[2] Hawkswick became a separate civil parish in 1866.[3] The parish was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire in 1974.

References

  1. "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2012. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  2. "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales". 1870. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  3. Vision of Britain website

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