Place:Settle Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Settle Rural District was an administrative district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The rural district was named after the town of Settle. Settle Rural District occupied the most northwesterly corner of Yorkshire, stretching right up to the border with what is now Cumbria.

The rural district was disbanded in local government reorganisation in 1974 and transferred to the Craven district of North Yorkshire.

Civil Parishes

• Airton
• Arncliffe
• Austwick
• Bentham
• Burton in Lonsdale
• Clapham cum Newby
• Giggleswick
• Halton Gill
• Halton West
• Hanlith
• Hawkswick
• Hellifield
• Horton in Ribblesdale
• Ingleton
• Kirkby Malham
• Langcliffe
• Lawkland
• Litton
• Long Preston
• Malham
• Malham Moor
• Nappa
• Otterburn
• Rathmell
• Scosthrop
• Sedbergh (in Cumbria since 1974)
• Settle
• Stainforth (near Giggleswick)
• Swinden
• Thornton in Lonsdale
• Wigglesworth

Research Tips

• A Vision of Britain through Time on Settle Rural District. This section provides statistics on population and industry, as well as a listing of the civil parishes and the alterations to the municipal organization.