Official Name: | New Forest |
Civil Parish: | New Forest |
Country: | England |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Coordinates: | 54.443°N -1.902°W |
Unitary England: | North Yorkshire |
Lieutenancy England: | North Yorkshire |
Hide Services: | Yes |
Population: | 10 |
Static Image: | Holgate Moor - geograph.org.uk - 583388.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Ascent to Holgate Moor |
New Forest is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 6miles west of Richmond.
There is no village in the parish. It consists mainly of grouse moor, and the isolated farms of Helwith, Holgate, Kexwith, and Kersey Green. The population of the parish is estimated at 10.[1]
In Norman times the New Forest was a hunting forest, held by the Earls of Richmond together with the forest of Arkengarthdale to the west.[2] In the Middle Ages there were lead mines and coal mines in the forest. It was a township in the large ancient parish of Kirkby Ravensworth until 1866,[3] when it became a separate civil parish.[4]
The civil parish now shares a grouped parish council with the civil parish of Marske, known as Marske & New Forest Parish Council.[5] From 1974 to 2023 it was in Richmondshire district.