Bishopdale is a dale in the

Yorkshire Dales The Yorkshire Dales are a series of valleys, or Dale (landform), dales, in the Pennines, an Highland, upland range in England. They are mostly located in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, but extend into C ...

National Park in

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, England. The dale is a side dale on the south side of

Wensleydale Wensleydale is a valley in North Yorkshire, England. It is one of the Yorkshire Dales, which are part of the Pennines. The Dale (landform), dale is named after the village of Wensley, North Yorkshire, Wensley, formerly the valley's market tow ...

, and extends for some south west from

Aysgarth Aysgarth is a village and civil parish in Wensleydale, in North Yorkshire, England. The village is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, about south-west of Richmond, North Yorkshire, Richmond and west of the county town of Northallerton. Hi ...

. Bishopdale is also the name of a

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, which includes only the sparsely populated upper reaches of the dale, from the head of the dale as far downstream as Howesyke and Howgill Gill.

Geography

There are three villages in the dale, all in its lower part: West Burton, Thoralby and Newbiggin. The Bishopdale Beck flows through the dale to join the

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about east of Aysgarth. The B6160 road follows the path of the river from its junction with the A684 to the watershed at Kidstones Pass where it continues to

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and Buckden in Upper

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. The highest point in the dale on the road is to be found at Kidstones, some above sea level. The dale is divided between four civil parishes, Bishopdale, Newbiggin, Thoralby and the northern part of Burton-cum-Walden (which includes the largest village, West Burton). The populations of the four parishes were estimated in 2012 at: :: From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of

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, it is now administered by the unitary

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Civil parish of Bishopdale

Bishopdale civil parish includes only the sparsely populated upper reaches of the dale. It extends from the head of the dale as far downstream as Howesyke and Howgill Gill. The civil parish of Bishopdale was a

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of the ancient parish of Aysgarth, and became a separate civil parish in 1866. It now shares a

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, the Aysgarth & District Parish Council, with

, Newbiggin, Thoralby and

Thornton Rust Thornton Rust is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Yorkshire Dales about west of Aysgarth, high on the south bank of the River Ure in Wensleydale. History The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1 ...

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Geography

Civil parish of Bishopdale

See also

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