Beckwithshaw
Beckwithshaw is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, about south-west of Harrogate. In 2021 the parish had a population of 497.
History
Beckwithshaw takes its name from the now smaller settlement of Beckwith, to the east. The suffix "shaw", first recorded in 1323, is from the Old English sceaga, meaning a copse.Beckwithshaw was historically a hamlet in the ancient parish of Pannal. When the village of Pannal was removed from the civil parish of Pannal in 1937, Beckwithshaw became the largest settlement in the parish. The name of the civil parish was changed from Pannal to Beckwithshaw in 2010. The parish now shares a grouped parish council with Haverah Park. 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.
In 1875, a reservoir was built to the west of the village. Known as Ten Acre Reservoir, it actually only covered. In 2016, a report was commissioned into its future as the dam head was known to be failing. In 2019, it will be drained so that it only contains of water to relieve pressure on the dam head and will also be converted into a wildlife area.