New Forest, North Yorkshire
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- New Forest
| New Forest | |
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 Ascent to Holgate Moor | |
.svg)  New Forest Location within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 10 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
New Forest is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, located 6 miles (10 km) west of Richmond.
The parish lacks a village and primarily consists of grouse moor and isolated farms, including Helwith, Holgate, Kexwith, and Kersey Green. The estimated population of the parish is 10.[1]
During Norman times, the New Forest was a hunting forest held by the Earls of Richmond along with the forest of Arkengarthdale to the west.[2] Lead and coal mines operated in the forest during the Middle Ages. Until 1866, it was a township within the large ancient parish of Kirkby Ravensworth,[3] after which it became a separate civil parish.[4]
The civil parish now shares a grouped parish council with the civil parish of Marske, known as Marske & New Forest Parish Council.[5] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
