Threshfield is a small village and

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in the Craven district of

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, England with a population of 980 residents, reducing to 968 at the 2011 census. It borders

Grassington Grassington is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was 1,126. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town is situated in Wharfedale ...

, Linton Falls, and Skirethorns. Nearby villages (within 7 miles radius) are

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Cracoe Cracoe is a small village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near to Rylstone and about 6 miles south-west of Grassington. Cracoe has an estimated population of 160 residents, measured at 1 ...

Rylstone Rylstone is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated very near to Cracoe and about 6 miles south west of Grassington. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 160. Ryls ...

Hetton Hetton is a small Dales village in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England, situated 5.75 miles north of Skipton by the B6265 road. It is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Hetton-cum-Bordley. The population of the former ...

, Hebden,

Kilnsey Kilnsey is a small village in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the B6160 road, between the villages of Grassington and Kettlewell, near Arncliffe and just across the River Wharfe from Conistone. The village is north of Skipton ...

, and

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History

Threshfield was founded by the

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. Before 1066 The Domesday Book shows that the Viking Gamel BernGamel Bern was th
''bairn''
of Gamel,

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, and he the son of Orm or Ulf. Together this family of

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held the most land in Northern England. was the landowner of here and Grassington, farming 840 acres of ploughland. The

Norman conquest of England The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Normans, Norman, Duchy of Brittany, Breton, County of Flanders, Flemish, and Kingdom of France, French troops, ...

made it part of the lands of Gilbert Tison. But by 1118 Tison had suffered a demotion and his lands returned to the king then given to the honours of Percy, Ramilly, Fitz John and d’Aubigny The Old Hall, a

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inn which takes its name from the 14th century hall at the rear, was built by monks and reputedly the oldest inhabited building in

Wharfedale Wharfedale ( ) is the valley of the upper parts of the River Wharfe and one of the Yorkshire Dales. It is situated within the districts of Craven and Harrogate in North Yorkshire, and the cities of Leeds and Bradford in West Yorkshire. It is ...

. In the 16th century, Threshfield was part of a huge deer park. Threshield was historically a

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in the parish of

in the

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. It became a separate civil parish in 1866, and was transferred to North Yorkshire in 1974. On pre-19th century maps, Threshfield's name is sometimes inaccurately rendered as 'Rashby'.

Sport

Threshfield is home to Wharfedale Rugby Union Football Club who play in National Division One. On 5 July 2014, the

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Stage 1 from Leeds to Harrogate passed through the village.

Education

Threshfield School is a primary school for ages of 4–11 years and has approximately 108 pupils enrolled. The school was built in 1674 and is now a

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listed building. Several extensions were added; In 2000, two classrooms were built as part of a stone extension. The current headteacher is Sue Weightman.

Upper Wharfedale School Upper Wharfedale School is a coeducational secondary school located in Threshfield, North Yorkshire, England. The school is named after Wharfedale, one of the Yorkshire Dales in which the school is located. It is a non-selective community sc ...

is a mixed secondary school for ages 11–16 years. The school has around 320 pupils enrolled making it smaller than the average secondary school. It is a Sports College and was recently voted the most improved school in North Yorkshire.

References

External links

Threshfield Parish Council Website

Information on Threshfield Village

Upper Wharfedale School Website

Upper Wharfedale Weather
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History

Sport

Education

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