# Colsterdale > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Colsterdale > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Colsterdale.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colsterdale > Source revision: 1346638308 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Valley in North Yorkshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=November 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|54.227500|-1.802100|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Colsterdale | static_image = | static_image_caption = | population = | civil_parish = Colsterdale | unitary_england = [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire_(district)) | lieutenancy_england = [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire) | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = | post_town = RIPON | postcode_district = HG4 | postcode_area = HG | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SE130813 }} '''Colsterdale''' is the valley of the [River Burn](/source/River_Burn%2C_North_Yorkshire), a tributary of the [River Ure](/source/River_Ure), in the [Yorkshire Dales](/source/Yorkshire_Dales) in [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire), England. It gives its name to a hamlet and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) in the upper part of the dale, about {{convert|7|mi|0}} west of [Masham](/source/Masham). The population of the civil parish was estimated at 20 in 2010.{{cite web|publisher=North Yorkshire County Council|title=Population Estimates|year=2010|url=http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0|accessdate=29 June 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113133520/http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0|archivedate=13 January 2012}} The lower part of the dale around the hamlet of [Gollinglith Foot](/source/Gollinglith_Foot) is in the civil parish of [Healey](/source/Healey%2C_North_Yorkshire). From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the [Borough of Harrogate](/source/Borough_of_Harrogate). It is now administered by the unitary [North Yorkshire Council](/source/North_Yorkshire_Council). thumb|One of the Colsterdale towers Although Colsterdale is not in [Nidderdale](/source/Nidderdale), it lies within the [Nidderdale National Landscape](/source/Nidderdale_National_Landscape). Colsterdale is part of the privately owned [Swinton Estate](/source/Swinton_Estate). The [Colsterdale towers](/source/Colsterdale_towers) are towers built between 1895 and 1911 to conduct surveys. == History == The name, first recorded in 1281, means "coalman valley". There was a coal mine here in the 14th century.{{cite encyclopedia | contribution = Colsterdale | year = 2010 | title = The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names | editor-last = Watts | editor-first = Victor | volume = | pages = | place = | publisher = Cambridge University Press | id = }} Colsterdale was historically divided between the parishes of [East Witton](/source/East_Witton) and Masham in the [North Riding of Yorkshire](/source/North_Riding_of_Yorkshire).{{cite web|publisher=Genuki|title=East Witton: Geographical and historical information from the year 1890|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Eastwitton/Eastwitton90.html|accessdate=7 February 2012}} The upper part of the inhabited dale, above Gollinglith Foot, was a [detached part](/source/detached_part) of the parish of East Witton (from 1866 a detached part of the civil parish of East Witton Without),[Map of Yorkshire Sheet 084, Ordnance Survey, 1848–1857](/source/c%3AFile%3AMap_of_Yorkshire_Sheet_084%2C_Ordnance_Survey%2C_1848-1857.jpg) but in 1886 was transferred to the civil parish of [Healey with Sutton](/source/Healey%2C_North_Yorkshire), and in 1894 was created a separate civil parish.[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10432091 Vision of Britain: unit history of Healey with Sutton] In 1934 {{convert|2915|acres|0}} of the uninhabited Masham Moor (including the uninhabited part of Colsterdale), an area common to the parishes of Masham and East Witton, was added to the civil parish of Colsterdale.[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10448062/relationships Vision of Britain: Masham Moor] The lower part of the dale became part of the civil parish of Healey with Sutton (known as Healey from 1934) in 1866. thumb|left|Leeds Pals Memorial During the [First World War](/source/First_World_War) Colsterdale was the site of a training camp for the [Leeds Pals](/source/Leeds_Pals). There is now a memorial to the Leeds Pals in the dale, erected in 1935.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1433791|accessdate=2 May 2020}} The camp later became a [Prisoner of War camp](/source/Prisoner_of_War_camp) for German Officers.[http://www.wiseacres.org.uk/rienau/ A German P.O.W. in the Dales, 1917–1918] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009012516/http://www.wiseacres.org.uk/rienau/ |date=9 October 2011 }} The parish now shares a [grouped parish council](/source/grouped_parish_council), known as Fearby, Healey and District Parish Council, with [Ellingstring](/source/Ellingstring), [Fearby](/source/Fearby), Healey and [Ilton cum Pott](/source/Ilton_cum_Pott).{{cite web|title=The Parish|publisher=Fearby Healey and District Parish Council|url=http://www.fearbyhealeydistrict-pc.org/#!the-parish/c8de|accessdate=29 April 2020}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Colsterdale}} {{Authority control}} Category:Villages in North Yorkshire Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire Category:Yorkshire Dales {{NorthYorkshire-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Colsterdale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colsterdale) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colsterdale?action=history)). 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