Nappa is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hellifield, in North Yorkshire, England. It is on the A682 road and 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west of Barnoldswick and 10.5 miles (17 km) west of Skipton. The population was estimated at 10 in 2010.[1]
The place name Nappa, first mentioned in the Domesday Book as Napars, is of uncertain origin, but possibly derives from the Old English hnæpp ġehæġ, meaning "enclosure in a bowl-shaped hollow".[2]
Nappa was historically a township in the ancient parish of Gisburn in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[3] It became a separate civil parish in 1866.[4] It was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire in 1974. The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2014 and amalgamated with the parish of Hellifield.[5][6] From 1974 to 2023 it was in Craven district.
References
- ^ "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2010. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
- ^ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Nappa N Yorks SD 8553", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978 0 521 16855 7
- ^ Genuki. Parish of Gisburn
- ^ Vision of Britain website
- ^ "The Craven District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2011". Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "North Yorkshire Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
External links
Media related to Nappa, North Yorkshire at Wikimedia Commons
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