New Forest is a civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies 6 miles (10 km) west of Richmond.
There is no village in the parish. It consists mainly of grouse moor, and the isolated farms of Helwith, Holgate, Kexwith, and Kersey Green. The population of the parish is estimated at 10.[1]
In Norman times the New Forest was a hunting forest, held by the Earls of Richmond together with the forest of Arkengarthdale to the west.[2] In the Middle Ages there were lead mines and coal mines in the forest. It was a township in the large ancient parish of Kirkby Ravensworth until 1866,[3] when it became a separate civil parish.[4]
The civil parish now shares a grouped parish council with the civil parish of Marske, known as Marske & New Forest Parish Council.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Population Estimates" (PDF). North Yorkshire County Council. 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ Page, William, ed. (1914). "Parishes: Arkengarthdale". A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ Page, William, ed. (1914). "Parishes: Kirkby Ravensworth". A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ Vision of Britain website
- ^ "Parish and Town Councils". Richmondshire District Council. 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.