Clint is a village in
Nidderdale
Nidderdale, historically also known as Netherdale, is one of the Yorkshire Dales (although outside the Yorkshire Dales National Park) in North Yorkshire, England. It is the upper valley of the River Nidd, which flows south underground and then ...
in
North Yorkshire
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, England. It lies on the north bank of the
River Nidd, 4 miles north-west of
Harrogate
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. Clint is the largest village in the civil parish of Clint cum Hamlets, which also includes the settlements of
Burnt Yates and
Bedlam.
The toponym represents the
Old Danish ''klint'', meaning "steep or rocky bank".
References
Villages in North Yorkshire
Nidderdale
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