Harwood Dale

Harwood Dale
Harwood Dale Location within North Yorkshire
Population	140 (NYCC 2015) [1]
OS grid reference	SE962958
Civil parish	Harwood Dale
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SCARBOROUGH
Postcode district	YO13
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Scarborough and Whitby
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°20′55″N0°31′18″W / 54.34861°N 0.52167°W / 54.34861; -0.52167

Harwood Dale is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies within the North York Moors National Park. According to the 2001 UK census, Harwood Dale parish had a population of 134, ^[2] which had risen to 140 at the 2011 Census, and remained at that number for an estimate by North Yorkshire County Council in 2015. ^[1]

Harwood Dale Scarborough North Yorkshire England

Governance

The parish council is Hackness and Harwood Dale Group Parish Council, which covers the six parishes of Broxa-cum-Troutsdale, Darncombe-cum-Langdale End, Hackness, Harwood Dale, Silpho and Suffield-cum-Everley. ^[3]

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Diarist

The ruined Old St Margaret's Church, Harwood Dale, was built in memory of Margaret, Lady Hoby (1571–1633) of Hackness. She kept what is thought to be the oldest extant diary by a woman in English. ^[4]

See also

• Listed buildings in Harwood Dale

References

1. "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
2. UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Harwood Dale/Silpho/Suffield-cum-Everley Parish (36UG024)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 28 July 2022.
3. "Hackness & Harwood Dale Group Parish Council". Hackness & Harwood Dale Group Parish Council. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
4. Diaries (journals). In: The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English (1999). Retrieved 27 September 2011 from

External links

• Hackness & Harwood Dale Group Parish Council website Archived 22 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine