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Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
Human settlement in England
Aldfield
is a village and
civil parish
in the former
Harrogate
district of
North Yorkshire
, England, about three miles west of
Ripon
.
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It is the closest village to
Fountains Abbey
and became part of the abbey estate in 1356.
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The population of the parish was estimated at 80 in 2013.
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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.
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St Lawrence's Church, Aldfield
, is a
grade II* listed
building, dating from the 1780s.
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History
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Aldfield was listed in the
Domesday Book
of 1086.
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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.
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Aldfield was the birthplace of the artist
William Powell Frith
in 1819.
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Historically, the village lay in the
Claro Wapentake
of the
West Riding of Yorkshire
. It was transferred to North Yorkshire in 1974.
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