Dacre, North Yorkshire

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Dacre is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England, it is 5 miles south of Pateley Bridge. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 658, [1] increasing to 764 at the 2011 Census. [2] The village is situated on the crest of a hill overlooking the River Nidd. Infrastructure of the village includes a small chapel and an old single-room schoolhouse which is currently used for community events.

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The largest settlement in the parish is Dacre Banks, on the River Nidd, where the church is located. [3] The village of Dacre lies on higher ground a mile south of Dacre Banks.

Etymology

The name Dacre is of Brittonic origin and derived from the element *dagr, meaning "tears, weeping" and semantically "damp, moisture, wetness, trickling" (c.f. Welsh dagr). [4] It shares its etymology with the identically named Dacre in Cumbria. [4]

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References

  1. Office for National Statistics: Neighbourhood Statistics
  2. "Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  3. A Church Near You: Holy Trinity, Dacre Banks
  4. 1 2 James, Alan G. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence - Guide to the Elements" (PDF). Scottish Place Name Society - The common Brittonic Language in the Old North. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

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