Halton West is a village and
civil parish
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in the
Craven district of
North Yorkshire
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, England.
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estimated the population in 2015 at 70. It is situated on the
River Ribble and is north of
Barnoldswick
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, south of
Settle
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* Settle, North Yorkshire, a town in England
** Settle Rural District, a historical administrative district
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and west of
Skipton
Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the East Division of Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is on the River Ai ...
.
The place was first recorded in about 1200 as ''Halton''. The name is derived from the
Old English
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''halh'' 'nook' and ''tūn'' 'farm or village', so means 'farm or village in or by a nook'. "West" was added to distinguish the village from another Halton, now
Halton East, to the east.
Halton West, historically also known as West Halton, was a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
in the
ancient parish of
Long Preston in the
West Riding of Yorkshire
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. It became a civil parish in 1866, and in 1974 was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire.
Halton Place
Halton Place is a large country house just east of the village. It was built in 1770 by Thomas Yorke (1738-1811), whose father
Thomas Yorke (1688–1768) had acquired the estate in 1732. It remains in the Yorke family to the present day. It was designated a
Grade II listed building
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in 1958.
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Villages in North Yorkshire
Civil parishes in North Yorkshire