Giggleswick

Other current and historical names

Ghigleswick
Gighelesuuic

Built-Up Area: Settle
Parish/Community: Giggleswick
District/Borough: Craven
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 54°4'18"N 2°17'17"W
Eastings/Northings: 381247, 464026
OS Grid: SD812640
Mapcode Local: GBR DPGC.F4
Mapcode Global: WH95D.TXMC

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Giggleswick within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Giggleswick in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Giggleswick, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Ribble, 8 miles SE. of Ingleton -- par., 18,319 ac., pop. 4298; township, 4338 ac., pop. 976; P.O.; has a grammar school founded by Edward VI.; in vicinity are several slate and stone quarries; the par. contains Settle.

Giggleswick in the Domesday Book

A village in Craven hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Fech
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
- Taxable Value: 17 geld

British Place Names

Giggleswick, North Yorkshire

Giggleswick is a village in Settle, North Yorkshire

Giggleswick in historic gazetteers

Giggleswick in the Domesday Book