Nappa, North Yorkshire
Nappa is a hamlet in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the A682 road and 6 miles north-west of Barnoldswick and 10.5 miles west of Skipton. The population was estimated at 10 in 2010.[1]
The place name Nappa, first mentioned in the Domesday Book as Napars, is of uncertain origin, but possibly derives from the Old English hnæpp ġehæġ, meaning "enclosure in a bowl-shaped hollow".[2]
Nappa was historically a township in the ancient parish of Gisburn in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[3] It became a separate civil parish in 1866.[4] It was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire in 1974. The civil parish was abolished in 2014 and amalgamated with the parish of Hellifield.[5]
References
- ^ "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
- ^ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Nappa N Yorks SD 8553", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978 0 521 16855 7
- ^ Genuki. Parish of Gisburn
- ^ Vision of Britain website
- ^ "The Craven District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2011". Retrieved 27 August 2014.
External links
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