Colsterdale
| Colsterdale | |
 Colsterdale
Colsterdale shown within North Yorkshire |
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| OS grid reference | SE130813 |
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| Civil parish | Colsterdale |
| District | Harrogate |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | RIPON |
| Postcode district | HG4 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
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Colsterdale is the valley of the River Burn, a tributary of the River Ure, in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. It gives its name to a hamlet and civil parish in the upper part of the dale, about 7 miles (11 km) miles west of Masham. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 20 in 2010.[1] The lower part of the dale is in the civil parish of Healey. The area is in Harrogate district.
Although Colsterdale is not in Nidderdale, it lies within the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The Colsterdale towers are towers built between 1895 and 1911 to conduct surveys.
History
The name, first recorded in 1281, means "coalman valley". There was a coal mine here in the 14th century.[2]
Colsterdale was historically part of the parish of East Witton in the North Riding of Yorkshire.[3] In the 19th century it became part of the civil parish of East Witton Without, but in 1886 was transferred to the civil parish of Healey with Sutton. In 1894 the dale above Gollinglith Foot was created a separate civil parish.[4] In 1934 2,915 acres (1,180 ha) of the uninhabited Masham Moor, an area common to the parishes of Masham and East Witton, was added to the civil parish of Colsterdale.[5]
During the First World War Colsterdale was the site of a training camp for the Leeds Pals. There is now a memorial to the Leeds Pals in the dale.[6] It later became a Prisoner of War camp for German Officers.[7]
References
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- ↑ Vision of Britain: unit history of Healey with Sutton
- ↑ Vision of Britain: Masham Moor
- ↑ Yorkshire Guide
- ↑ A German P.O.W. in the Dales, 1917-1918
External links
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