Hawkswick Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:54.1309°N -2.0709°W
Official Name:Hawkswick
Static Image:Hawkswick.jpg
Static Image Width:240px
Static Image Caption:Hawkswick
Population:70
Civil Parish:Hawkswick
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Post Town:SKIPTON
Postcode District:BD23
Postcode Area:BD
Os Grid Reference:SD 954 705

Hawkswick is a hamlet and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Situated in the Yorkshire Dales, it lies in Littondale on the River Skirfare.

The population of the civil parish was estimated at 70 in 2012.[1] There is a caravan park adjacent to the hamlet, south of the River Skirfare.[2]

Hawkswick was historically a township in the ancient parish of Arncliffe, part of Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[3] Hawkswick became a separate civil parish in 1866.[4] The parish was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire in 1974.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: North Yorkshire County Council. Population Estimates. 2012. 10 May 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120113133520/http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0. 13 January 2012.
  2. Web site: Littondale Country & Leisure Park . 12 June 2024.
  3. Web site: Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. 1870. 24 May 2015.
  4. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10389537 Vision of Britain website