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Aldfield

Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
static_image_name	Aldfield.jpg
static_image_width	250
static_image_caption	Aldfield
coordinates
official_name	Aldfield
unitary_england	North Yorkshire
lieutenancy_england	North Yorkshire
region	Yorkshire and the Humber
constituency_westminster	Skipton and Ripon
post_town	RIPON
postcode_district	HG4
postcode_area	HG
os_grid_reference	SE263693

Aldfield is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, about three miles west of Ripon. It is the closest village to Fountains Abbey and became part of the abbey estate in 1356. The population of the parish was estimated at 80 in 2013. The parish now shares a grouped parish council with the civil parishes of Studley Roger and Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains, known as Fountains Abbey Parish Council.

St Lawrence's Church, Aldfield, is a grade II* listed building, dating from the 1780s.

History

The name Aldfield derives from the Old English aldfeld meaning 'old field'.

Aldfield was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086.

Sulphurous mineral springs were discovered near Aldfield in around 1698 leading to the establishment of Aldfield Spa. Lord de Grey, on whose land the spring was, adapted an adjacent cottage so that the water could be used there for the treatment of various ailments. It closed in the 1930s but the ruined buildings are still visible.

Aldfield was the birthplace of the artist William Powell Frith in 1819.

Historically, the village lay in the Claro Wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

References

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(1 January 2016). "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer". Ordnance Survey.
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(2013). "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council.
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Granville, A. B.. (1841). "The Spas of England and Principal Sea-bathing Places: Northern Spas". Henry Colburn.
(May 2009). "Frith, William Powell".
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