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Norwood, North Yorkshire

Civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

FieldValue
countryEngland
coordinates
official_nameNorwood
typeCivil parish
static_image_nameThe Sun Inn - geograph.org.uk - 16471.jpg
static_image_captionThe Sun Inn
static_image_width300px
static_image_2_nameNorwood,_North_Yorkshire_UK_parish_locator_map.svg
static_image_2_width300px
map_typenomap
population216
population_ref(2011 census)
civil_parishNorwood
unitary_englandNorth Yorkshire
lieutenancy_englandNorth Yorkshire
regionYorkshire and the Humber
post_townHARROGATE
post_town1OTLEY
postcode_districtHG3
postcode_district1LS21
postcode_areaHG
postcode_area1LS
os_grid_referenceSE212527

Norwood is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Several areas of Norwood are significantly affluent, with a large number of high-value properties. According to the 2001 UK census, Norwood parish had a population of 200,{{NOMIS2001 increasing to 216 at the 2011 Census.{{NOMIS2011 The parish lies on the eastern side of the Washburn Valley, and includes the eastern side of Swinsty Reservoir. It is situated adjacent to the Yorkshire Dales National Park and lies within Nidderdale National Landscape (AONB).

There is no village in the parish. The population is spread among a number of hamlets and scattered farms, including Norwood Bottom and Bland Hill. Norwood Hall is a 17th-century Grade II listed building. Dob Park Bridge is a packhorse bridge, probably of 17th century origin, over the River Washburn.

Norwood is pronounced locally as "Norood", just as Warwick is pronounced "Warrick".

Until 1950 the parish was known as Clifton with Norwood. It was historically a township in the parish of Fewston, and became a separate civil parish in 1866. Until 1974 it was part 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.

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  3. [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10413709/relationships Vision of Britain website]
  4. "History of Norwood, in Harrogate and West Riding".
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