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Dunsforths is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. In 2011, the civil parish had 224 inhabitants. It consists of Lower Dunsforth and Upper Dunsforth. 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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Lower Dunsforth

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. St Mary's Church was rebuilt in the 1860s with a buttressed spire. Lower Dunsforth was formerly a township in the parish of Aldborough, 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". In 1951 the parish had a population of 113. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

St Mary's Church, Dunsforth

St Mary's Church is an Anglican church in Lower Dunsforth, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. There was a mediaeval church in Dunsforth, in the Romanesque style. It was demolished in 1860, and a new church was designed by James Mallinson and Thomas Healey and completed the following year. It incorporated parts of the doorway from the original church, along with a capital and a broken font. The building was grade II listed in 1988. The church is in sandstone with stone slate roofs. It consists of a nave, a lower chancel with a north organ chamber and vestry, and a southwest steeple. The steeple has a tower with three stages, buttresses, and a porch with a pointed arch and a double-chamfered surround and a hood mould. To the west is a stair tower, the bottom stage contains a cusped lancet window, and above are rectangular lights, clock faces with hood moulds, paired bell openings, a chamfered string course, and a band of trefoil tracery, and the tower is surmounted by a broach spire with a wrought iron weathervane.

Upper Dunsforth

Upper Dunsforth is a village in located in the civil parish of Dunsforths, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086) as Doneforde/Dunesford/Dunesforde. Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

River Swale

The River Swale in Yorkshire, England, is a major tributary of the River Ure, which becomes the River Ouse, that empties into the North Sea via the Humber Estuary. The river gives its name to Swaledale, the valley through which it flows. The river and its valley are home to many types of flora and fauna typical to the Yorkshire Dales. Like similar rivers in the region, the river carves through several types of rock and has features typical of both river and glacial erosion. The River Swale has been a contributory factor in the settlements that have been recorded throughout its history. It has provided water to aid in the raising of crops and livestock, but also in the various mining activities that have occurred since Roman times and before. The river is said to be the fastest flowing in England and its levels have been known to rise 10 feet (3 m) in 20 minutes. Annual rainfall figures average 1800 mm p.a. in the headwaters and 1300 mm p.a. in the lower waters over a drop of 148 m in 32 km.