Arncliffe, West Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Arncliffe, a village and a parish in the W.R. Yorkshire. The village is situated on the Skirfare, a tributary of the river Wharfe, 14 miles NE of Settle railway station, and has a post office under Skipton. Acreage, 3139. The parish comprises also the townships of Hawkswick and Litton. Population, 137. Much of the land is hilly and wild, bat many spots, near the streams, are low and pleasant. Manufacturing industry in textile fabrics once employed many of the inhabitants, but has entirely ceased. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon; gross value, £74 with residence. The church is old, and has been restored.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Arncliffe St. Oswald | |
Poor Law union | Skipton | |
Riding | West | |
Wapentake | Staincliffe and Ewcross |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with various Archives, Local Studies, and Family History Societies have the following parish records online for Arncliffe:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1671-1914 | 1757-1930 | 1669-1929 | 1669-1941 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Arncliffe from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Arncliffe (St. Oswald))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the West Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Arncliffe are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following West Riding newspapers online: