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Beckwithshaw is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, about 2.5 miles (4 km) south-west of Harrogate. In 2021 the parish had a population of 497.

1. History

Beckwithshaw takes its name from the now smaller settlement of Beckwith, 1-mile (1.6 km) to the east. The suffix "shaw", first recorded in 1323, is from the Old English sceaga, meaning a copse. Beckwithshaw was historically a hamlet in the ancient parish of Pannal. When the village of Pannal was removed from the civil parish of Pannal in 1937, Beckwithshaw became the largest settlement in the parish. The name of the civil parish was changed from Pannal to Beckwithshaw in 2010. The parish now shares a grouped parish council with Haverah Park. 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. In 1875, a reservoir was built to the west of the village. Known as Ten Acre Reservoir, it actually only covered 7.7 acres (3.1 ha). In 2016, a report was commissioned into its future as the dam head was known to be failing. In 2019, it will be drained so that it only contains 176,573 cubic feet (5,000 m3) of water to relieve pressure on the dam head and will also be converted into a wildlife area.

1. Amenities

The village has a primary school, a pub (The Smiths Arms) and the Anglican Church of St Michael and All Angels. A board in the church names all the vicars, the first being Charles Farrar Forster, who served from 1887 until his death in August 1894. The church benefice is shared with St Robert's Church, Pannal. A post office was opened in the village in 1887 but closed in October 1978.

1. Sport and leisure


1. = Cricket =

Beckwithshaw Cricket Club is an English amateur cricket club founded in 1885. The club ground is on Killinghall Road. Beckwithshaw field three senior teams in the Airedale & Wharfedale Senior Cricket League, a midweek evening team in the Harrogate & District Amateur Evening League, a women's team in the Yorkshire Women's Soft Ball Cricket league, and a junior training section that plays competitive cricket in the Nidderdale Junior Cricket League.

1. = Eventing =

Beckwithshaw Horse Trials, organised by British Eventing, is an annual cross country event held at Beaver Horse Shop on Windmill Farm.

1. See also

Listed buildings in Beckwithshaw

1. References


1. External links

Media related to Beckwithshaw at Wikimedia Commons

Haverah Park with Beckwithshaw Beckwithshaw Community Primary School Church of St Michael and All Angels The Smiths Arms Beckwithshaw Horse Trials Beaver Horse Shop

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Church of St Michael and All Angels, Beckwithshaw

The Church of St Michael and All Angels, Beckwithshaw, North Yorkshire, England, also known as Beckwithshaw Church, is an Anglican church built and furnished between 1886 and 1887 by William Swinden Barber in the Gothic Revival style as part of the Arts and Crafts movement. The stained glass windows in the same style were added in 1892. The church is listed as a Grade II historic structure; it is a pristine and unchanged example of an Arts and Crafts church retaining all its original furnishings, apart from one missing statue. However, in 2018 the church officers gained planning permission for changes which included removing all of the original pews. The first vicar of this church, from 1887 to 1894, was Charles Farrar Forster.

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Beckwith, North Yorkshire

Beckwith is a small settlement in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 2 miles (3 km) south west of Harrogate. The place name was first recorded in about 972 as bec wudu, Old English for "beech wood". The place was historically a hamlet in the ancient parish of Pannal in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was the ancient seat of the Beckwith family, which owned property here until 1753. It gave its name to the now larger village of Beckwithshaw, 1 mile to the west. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. In 2010 the parish of Pannal was renamed Beckwithshaw.

RHS Garden Harlow Carr

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Church of All Saints, Harlow Hill

The Church of All Saints, Harlow Hill, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, is a grade II listed mission church, or chapel of ease, completed in 1871 on land donated by Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood, within the parish of St Mary. It was consecrated by the Bishop of Ripon in 1871. The building was designed with a round bell tower, in Gothic Revival style, by Isaac Thomas Shutt and Alfred Hill Thompson. After some years of closure due to structural problems, as of 2014 it was being restored for use by a funeral director's company.