Settle Rural District was an administrative district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.[1] 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ "No, Settle, you can't have your civic chain back, says district council". Craven Herald and Pioneer. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- ^ Page, William, ed. (1907). The Victoria history of the county of York. vol 3. London: Constable & Co. p. 540. OCLC 500092527.
- ^ "Administrative unit Settle RD Local Government District". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ Census 1971 England and Wales: report for the West Riding of Yorkshire Part I. London: HMSO. 1973. p. 3. ISBN 0-11-690367-8.