Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 54.03°N -1.61°W |
Official Name: | Clint |
Static Image: | Clint House Farm - geograph.org.uk - 237611.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | One of the farms at Clint |
Population: | 488 |
Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
Civil Parish: | Clint cum Hamlets |
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: | SE261598 |
Clint is a village in Nidderdale in North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the north bank of the River Nidd, 4 miles north-west of Harrogate. Clint is the largest village in the civil parish of Clint cum Hamlets, which also includes the settlements of Burnt Yates and Bedlam.
The toponym represents the Old Danish klint, meaning "steep or rocky bank".[2]
. Albert Hugh Smith. The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 5. Cambridge University Press. 1961. 98.