Bank Newton

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Canal lock at Bank Newton

Bank Newton is a small settlement and civil parish county of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 47, and at the 2011 census the population of the civil parish remained less than 100 and therefore its details were included in the civil parish of Gargrave.[1] In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population of the parish to be 50.[2]

Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.[3] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Craven, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

It is about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Skipton and is on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal; there are six locks on the canal at Bank Newton.[4] In 2016, as part of the canal's bicentenary, lock number 38 was officially renamed the 'Mike Clarke Lock' in commemoration to the president of The Leeds and Liverpool Society, Mike Clarke.[5]

Notable historic houses include the Grade II listed Newton Grange which now provides holiday cottage accommodation and is a venue for weddings,[6][7] and the grade II* listed Bank Newton Hall.

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References

  1. ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Gargrave Parish (E04007083)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "History of Bank Newton, in Craven and West Riding". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  4. ↑ Pratt, Derek (2015). Great waterways journeys : 20 glorious routes circling England, by canal and river. London: Bloomsbury. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-4729-0583-3.
  5. ↑ "Canal historian honoured with lock naming ceremony". Canal & River Trust. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  6. ↑ Historic England. "Newton Grange Farmhouse (Grade II) (1167639)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  7. ↑ Tate, Lesley (10 November 2016). "Farmer runs out of time to demolish unauthorised barn". Craven Herald. Retrieved 29 July 2019.

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