Place:High Bentham, North Yorkshire, England

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NameHigh Bentham
Alt namesBenetainsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 313
Higher Benthamsource: Wikipedia
TypeTown
Coordinates54.117°N 2.508°W
Located inNorth Yorkshire, England
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Bentham is a civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England, with a population of 3,027 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the town of High Bentham, occasionally known as Higher Bentham or just Bentham, and the older adjacent village of Low Bentham.

The town lies on the River Wenning, just west of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and on the northern edge of the Forest of Bowland. The original centre of the town lay in Low Bentham, but a market was granted to High Bentham in the 14th century, and it became a centre for weaving from the 18th century, particularly after weavers in the town discovered how to weave hosepipes from flax.

It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.

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