Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 54.0761°N -1.3284°W |
Official Name: | Lower Dunsforth |
Civil Parish: | Dunsforths |
Unitary England: | North Yorkshire |
Lieutenancy England: | North Yorkshire |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Constituency Westminster: | Harrogate and Knaresborough |
Post Town: | HARROGATE |
Postcode District: | YO26 |
Postcode Area: | YO |
Dial Code: | 01423 |
Os Grid Reference: | SE4464 |
Static Image: | Lower Dunsforth - geograph.org.uk - 381428.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Lower Dunsforth from the west |
Lower Dunsforth is a village in the civil parish of Dunsforths, in North Yorkshire, England. It was recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) as Doneforde/Dunesford/Dunesforde.[1] St Mary's Church was rebuilt in the 1860s with a buttressed spire.Lower Dunsforth was formerly a township in the parish of Aldborough,[2] in 1866 Lower Dunsforth became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1960 the parish was abolished and merged with Upper Dunsforth with Branton Green to form "Dunsforths".[3] In 1951 the parish had a population of 113.[4] From 1974 to 2023 it was in Harrogate district.