Lower Dunsforth

Village in North Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Dunsforths

Unitary authority

North Yorkshire

Ceremonial county

North Yorkshire

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townHARROGATEPostcode districtYO26Dialling code01423PoliceNorth YorkshireFire North Yorkshire AmbulanceYorkshire UK Parliament

Harrogate and Knaresborough

List of places: UK; England; Yorkshire

54°4′33.8″N 1°19′42.1″W / 54.076056°N 1.328361°W / 54.076056; -1.328361

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.

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 in Harrogate district.

References

^ The National Archives. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
^ "Descriptive gazetteer entry for Dunsforth (Lower)". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ "Relationships and changes Lower Dunsforth CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ "Population statistics Lower Dunsforth CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 November 2023.