Barden, Craven

Not to be confused with Barden, Richmondshire.

Barden
Barden, Craven
Barden is located in North Yorkshire
Barden
Barden
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE050571
Civil parish
  • Barden
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSKIPTON
Postcode districtBD23
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54°00′46″N 1°55′23″W / 54.01278°N 1.92306°W / 54.01278; -1.92306

Barden is a civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It consists of the hamlet of Drebley and a few scattered houses in Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales.[1] The parish also includes two areas of moorland, Barden Fell to the east of the River Wharfe and Barden Moor to the west of the river. Both moorlands are access land, and are popular with walkers. Barden Fell rises to the prominent peak of Simon's Seat, and Barden Moor includes two scenic 19th century reservoirs. Much of the parish is on the Bolton Abbey estate.[2]

The parish is sparsely populated. At the 2011 Census the population of the civil parish was less than 100, and the census statistics for the parish were therefore merged with those of the adjoining civil parish of Hazlewood with Storiths.[3] In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated that the population of the parish was 90.[4]

Barden is derived from the Old English berdene, and means the valley where the barley is grown.[5]

  1. ^ Chrystal, Paul (2017). The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales (1 ed.). Catrine: Stenlake. p. 15. ISBN 9781840337532.
  2. ^ "Walking". Bolton Abbey Estate. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  3. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Hazlewood with Storiths Parish (E04007093)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  4. ^ "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. 2015. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  5. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 25. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.