Stainforth, North Yorkshire

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Stainforth
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Stainforth
Location within North Yorkshire
Population231  [1]
OS grid reference SD821673
Civil parish
  • Stainforth
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SETTLE
Postcode district BD24
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54°06′07″N2°16′29″W / 54.10197°N 2.27462°W / 54.10197; -2.27462

Stainforth is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, situated north of Settle. Nearby there is a waterfall, Stainforth Force, where the river falls over limestone ledges into a deep, broad pool which can be accessed by walking a short way from the village. There was a Youth Hostel at Taitlands between 1942 and 2007.

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Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. [2] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Craven, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

History

Stainforth Falls, c. 1890-1900 (Stainforth Falls, Yorkshire, England) (LOC) (16776938096).jpg
Stainforth Falls, c. 1890–1900

Its name derives from the 'stony ford' which linked two settlements half a mile apart on opposite banks of the River Ribble north of Settle. Stainforth, on the eastern side, was formerly owned by Sawley Abbey, whose monks developed the estate, which prospered, while Little Stainforth, under private ownership, declined. In 1595 Edward Darcy received from four trustees acting for the previous owner the manor of Stainforth Underbargh and 20 dwelling houses with lands there. [3] He was Groom of the Chamber to Elizabeth I and was knighted eight years later.

In the 1670s, Samuel Watson replaced the ford by a packhorse bridge whose arch spans a wooded stretch of the river, and a grassy patch leads downstream to Stainforth Force. In Little Stainforth the three-storey Stainforth Hall was built at the same time and is now occupied as a farmhouse.

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References

  1. ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Stainforth Parish (1170216782)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "History of Stainforth, in Craven and West Riding". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Collins, Francis, ed. (1890). "Yorkshire Fines: 1595". Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]: part 4: 1594–1603. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 31 October 2013.


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