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The parish contains the villages of Giggleswick and Stackhouse, and the surrounding countryside. A major institution in the parish is Giggleswick School, and a number of school buildings and associated structures are listed. Most of the other listed buildings consist of houses, cottages and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings.
Beck House is a historic building in Giggleswick, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The house was probably built by Charles Nowell in the 1720s, and was originally named Beck Hall. It was altered in the early 19th century, and was extended to the left in the 1930s.
It is located on the northern bank of the River Yare around 6 miles (9.7 km) south-east of Norwich. The parish covers an area of 11.69 km 2 (4.51 sq mi) and had a population of 602 in 245 households at the 2001 census , [ 2 ] increasing to a population of 634 in 261 households at the 2011 Census.
Giggleswick, a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, lies on the B6480 road, less than 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of the town of Settle and divided from it by the River Ribble. It is the site of Giggleswick School .
Giggleswick was the ecclesiastical parish town until 1851, when Langcliffe was created as its own parish, [12] with the same happening to Settle in 1898. [33] [34] St Alkelda's now serves the smaller ecclesiastical Parish of Giggleswick (parish code 460172), and had a weekly attendance of 40 in 2018. [35]
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Stackhouse lies on the western side of the River Ribble in north Ribblesdale, opposite Langcliffe, and 1.2 miles (2 km) north of Giggleswick. [1] The hamlet is located on the road from Settle to Helwith Bridge via Knight Stainforth. [2] The hamlet is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Roger de Poitu, though with no resident ...
The facility had its origins in the Settle Union Workhouse which opened in 1834. [1] A new infirmary was added in 1900. [1] It became the Settle Public Assistance Institution in 1930 and then joined the National Health Service as Castleberg Hospital in 1948. [2]