Hetton, North Yorkshire Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:54.022°N -2.059°W
Official Name:Hetton
Static Image Name:Hetton, Yorkshire Dales National Park.jpg
Static Image Caption:Hetton
Population:155
Population Ref:(2011 census)
Civil Parish:Hetton-cum-Bordley
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:SD962584

Hetton is a small Dales village in the civil parish of Hetton-cum-Bordley, in the North Yorkshire district of North Yorkshire, England, situated 5.75 miles north of Skipton by the B6265 road. It is the largest settlement in the parish of Hetton-cum-Bordley. The population of the former civil parish of Hetton taken at the 2011 Census was 155.

Nearby places include Rylstone, Cracoe, Flasby, Threapland and Winterburn.

Hetton was historically part of the township of Hetton with Bordley in the ancient parish of Burnsall in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[1] In the late 19th century it became a separate township,[2] and it became a separate civil parish in 1866.[3] It was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire in 1974. The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2012 and amalgamated with the parish of Bordley to form the new civil parish of "Hetton-cum-Bordley".[4] [5] From 1974 until 2023 it was in Craven district.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parish of Burnsall. Genuki. 27 August 2014.
  2. Web site: John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887) quoted in Vision of Britain website . 27 August 2014.
  3. Web site: Hetton CP/Tn. Vision of Britain . 27 August 2014.
  4. Web site: The Craven District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2011. 27 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140903095311/http://www.cravendc.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=3957&p=0. 3 September 2014. dead.
  5. Web site: North Yorkshire Registration District. UKBMD. 25 November 2023.
  6. News: Barrett . Thomas . Council leader reflects on his time as Craven Council to be abolished to make way for North Yorkshire Council . 17 February 2024 . The Yorkshire Post . 23 March 2023.