Lower Dunsforth

Village in North Yorkshire, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lower Dunsforth is a village in the civil parish of Dunsforths, in North Yorkshire, England. It was recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) as Doneforde/Dunesford/Dunesforde.[1] St Mary's Church was rebuilt in the 1860s with a buttressed spire.

St Mary's church
Civil parish
Post townHARROGATE
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Lower Dunsforth
Lower Dunsforth from the west
Lower Dunsforth is located in North Yorkshire
Lower Dunsforth
Lower Dunsforth
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE4464
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHARROGATE
Postcode districtYO26
Dialling code01423
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
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UK
England
Yorkshire
54°04′38″N 1°19′42″W
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Lower Dunsforth was formerly a township in the parish of Aldborough,[2] in 1866 Lower Dunsforth became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1960 the parish was abolished and merged with Upper Dunsforth with Branton Green to form "Dunsforths".[3] In 1951 the parish had a population of 113.[4] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

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