Settle Rural District
{{Short description|Former local government area of North Yorkshire, England}}
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Settle Rural District was an administrative district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.{{cite news|url=http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/5000298.print/|title=No, Settle, you can't have your civic chain back, says district council|date=12 February 2010|newspaper=Craven Herald and Pioneer|accessdate=23 July 2013}} The rural district was named after the town of Settle and included the civil parishes of Bentham, Clapham cum Newby, Malham, Settle, Stainforth, Austwick, Giggleswick, Ingleton and Horton.
The rural district was disbanded in local government reorganisation in 1974 and transferred to the Craven district of North Yorkshire.
Population
| class="wikitable"
|+Population of Settle Rural District 1911 – 1971{{cite book |editor1-last=Page |editor1-first=William |title=The Victoria history of the county of York. vol 3 |date=1907 |publisher=Constable & Co |location=London |page=540|oclc=500092527}}{{cite web |title=Administrative unit Settle RD Local Government District |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10166883/cube/TOT_POP |website=visionofbritain.org.uk |access-date=19 August 2023}}{{cite book |title=Census 1971 England and Wales: report for the West Riding of Yorkshire Part I |date=1973 |publisher=HMSO |location=London |isbn=0-11-690367-8 |page=3}} !1901 !1911 !1921 !1931 !1939 !1951 !1961 !1971 |
| 14,319
|14,901 |15,373 |14,746 |15,217 |14,286 |13,824 |13,992 |
References
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External links
- [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10166883/boundary Boundary map]
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