Aldfield
{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| static_image_name = Aldfield.jpg
| static_image_width = 250
| static_image_caption = Aldfield
| coordinates = {{coord|54|07|11|N|1|35|53|W|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Aldfield
| population =
| unitary_england = North Yorkshire
| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire
| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster = Skipton and Ripon
| post_town = RIPON
| postcode_district = HG4
| postcode_area = HG
| dial_code =
| os_grid_reference = SE263693
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Aldfield is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, about three miles west of Ripon.{{cite map |title=Northallerton & Ripon |map=99 |year=2013 |scale=1;50,000 |series=Landranger |publisher=Ordnance Survey |isbn=978-0-319-23159-3}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html |title=Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer |format=csv (download) |date=1 January 2016 |publisher=Ordnance Survey |website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |accessdate=30 January 2016}} It is the closest village to Fountains Abbey and became part of the abbey estate in 1356.{{cite news |last1=Wilkinson |first1=George |title=Fountains Abbey |url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/lifestyle/countrywalks/4284310.display/ |access-date=26 June 2022 |work=York Press |date=11 April 2009}} The population of the parish was estimated at 80 in 2013.{{cite web |publisher=North Yorkshire County Council |title=Population Estimates |year=2013 |url=http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0 |accessdate=2 April 2016 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113133520/http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0 |archivedate=13 January 2012 |df=dmy-all}} In the 2011 census the population was included in the civil parish of Grantley.{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123842&c=HG4+3BG&d=16&e=62&g=6454412&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1455554997558&enc=1 |title=Civil Parish population 2011 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |accessdate=15 February 2016}} The parish now shares a grouped parish council with the civil parishes of Studley Roger and Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains, known as Fountains Abbey Parish Council.{{cite web|url=https://www.fountainsabbeyparishcouncil.org.uk/community/fountains-abbey-parish-council-20326/home/|title=Parish council website |accessdate=26 February 2024}}
St Lawrence's Church, Aldfield, is a grade II* listed building, dating from the 1780s.{{NHLE |desc=Church of Saint Lawrence |num=1149796 |access-date=9 January 2024}}
History
Aldfield was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086.{{cite web |url=http://opendomesday.org/place/SE2669/aldfield/ |title=Open Doomsday: Aldfield |publisher=Anna Powell-Smith |author=Professor J.J.N.Palmer |website=www.opendomesday.org |accessdate=31 January 2016}}
Sulphurous mineral springs were discovered near Aldfield in around 1698 leading to the establishment of Aldfield Spa. Lord de Grey, on whose land the spring was, adapted an adjacent cottage so that the water could be used there for the treatment of various ailments. It closed in the 1930s but the ruined buildings are still visible.{{cite book |title=A Topographical Dictionary of England |section=Aldbourn – Aldingbourne |editor-first=Samuel |editor-last=Lewis |location=London |year=1848 |pages=26–31 |via=British History Online |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp26-31 |accessdate=2 January 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/mediafile/100048013/aislabie-walk-leaflet.pdf |title=The Aislabie Walk |first=Mark |last=Reid |publisher=The Woodland Trust |accessdate=2 January 2018}}{{cite book |title=The Spas of England and Principal Sea-bathing Places: Northern Spas |first=A. B. |last=Granville |url=https://archive.org/details/spasenglandandp02grangoog |pages=105–7 |publisher=Henry Colburn |location=London |year=1841 |accessdate=2 January 2018}}
Aldfield was the birthplace of the artist William Powell Frith in 1819.{{cite ODNB|title=Frith, William Powell |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33278?docPos=1 |accessdate=27 October 2017 |date=May 2009}}
Historically, the village lay in the Claro Wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire.{{Cite web |title=History of Aldfield, in Harrogate and West Riding |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11117 |access-date=15 April 2025 |website=A Vision of Britain}} From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
See also
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Aldfield}}
- {{OpenDomesday|SE2669|aldfield|Aldfield}}
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