| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 53.972°N -1.576°W |
| Official Name: | Beckwith |
| Civil Parish: | Beckwithshaw |
| Unitary England: | North Yorkshire |
| Lieutenancy England: | North Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Post Town: | HARROGATE |
| Postcode District: | HG3 |
| Postcode Area: | HG |
| Os Grid Reference: | SE282525 |
Beckwith is a small settlement in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 2miles south west of Harrogate.
The place name was first recorded in about 972 as bec wudu, Old English for "beech wood".[1] The place was historically a hamlet in the ancient parish of Pannal in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[2] It was the ancient seat of the Beckwith family, which owned property here until 1753.[2] It gave its name to the now larger village of Beckwithshaw, 1 mile west.
In 1974 Beckwith became part of Harrogate district in the new county of North Yorkshire. In 2010 the parish of Pannal was renamed Beckwithshaw.
. Albert Hugh Smith. The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 5. Cambridge University Press. 1961. 116.