Harwood Dale

Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Harwood Dale

Unitary authority

North Yorkshire

Ceremonial county

North Yorkshire

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townSCARBOROUGHPostcode districtYO13PoliceNorth YorkshireFire North Yorkshire AmbulanceYorkshire UK Parliament

Scarborough and Whitby

List of places: UK; England; Yorkshire

54°20′57″N 0°31′16″W / 54.349200°N 0.521200°W / 54.349200; -0.521200

Harwood Dale is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies within the North York Moors National Park. According to the 2001 UK census, Harwood Dale parish had a population of 134,^[2] which had risen to 140 at the 2011 Census, and remained at that number for an estimate by North Yorkshire County Council in 2015.^[1]

Governance

The parish council is Hackness and Harwood Dale Group Parish Council, which covers the six parishes of Broxa-cum-Troutsdale, Darncombe-cum-Langdale End, Hackness, Harwood Dale, Silpho and Suffield-cum-Everley.^[3]

Diarist

The ruined Chapel of St Margaret was built in memory of Margaret, Lady Hoby (1571–1633) of Hackness. She kept what is thought to be the oldest extant diary by a woman in English.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 17. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Harwood Dale/Silpho/Suffield-cum-Everley Parish (36UG024)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ "Hackness & Harwood Dale Group Parish Council". Hackness & Harwood Dale Group Parish Council. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
^ Diaries (journals). In: The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English (1999). Retrieved 27 September 2011 from [1]