Craven
Shown within North Yorkshire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	Yorkshire and the Humber
Historic county:	Yorkshire
Ceremonial county:	North Yorkshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 15th 1,178.81 km²
Admin. HQ:	Skipton
Largest Town:	Skipton
ONS code:	36UB
Demographics
Population: - Total - Density	Ranked 334th 53,620 46 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.5% White
Politics
Craven District Council http://www.cravendc.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Independent / Liberal Democrats
MP:	David Curry

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Craven, or Cravenshire has been used as a name for the area around Skipton for centuries, although the boundaries have differed. Occasionally Craven has included the local towns of Keighley (now part of the City of Bradford) and Barnoldswick (now administered as part of the Lancashire borough of Pendle). There is a Craven ward in the borough of Bradford. Skipton is a town in North Yorkshire, England that lies along the River Aire and Leeds and Liverpool Canal. ... Keighley (pronounced Keith-ly or ) is a town and civil parish in the county of West Yorkshire, England, northwest of Bradford, on the meeting point of the River Aire and the River Worth. ... Bradford is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire with city status. ... Statistics Population: 12,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD875465 Administration District: Pendle Shire county: Lancashire Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Lancashire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: Lancashire Constabulary Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: North West Post office... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Pendle is a district borough of Lancashire, England, on the North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire borders. ... 2004 Boundaries of Craven Ward Craven is an electoral ward in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. ... The larger City of Bradford Metropolitan District includes other settlements in the surrounding area. ...

History

A Craven local government district of North Yorkshire came into being in 1974, centered on the market town of Skipton. In the changes to British local government of that year it was formed as the merger of Skipton urban district, Settle Rural District and most of Skipton Rural District, all in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Non-metropolitan districts or commonly Shire districts are a type of local government district in England. ... North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county in that region and also partly in North East England. ... The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ... Skipton is a town in North Yorkshire, England that lies along the River Aire and Leeds and Liverpool Canal. ... Skipton is a town in North Yorkshire, England that lies along the River Aire and Leeds and Liverpool Canal. ... Skipton was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974. ... The West Riding as an administrative county prior to its abolition in 1974. ...

Towns

• Bentham(High)
• Settle
• Skipton

Population size
1. Skipton
2. Bentham
3. Settle Jeremy Bentham was a philosopher. ... Statistics Population: 2420 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD817639 Administration District: Craven Shire county: North Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: North Yorkshire Historic county: West Riding Services Police force: North Yorkshire Police Ambulance: Yorkshire Post office and telephone Post... Skipton is a town in North Yorkshire, England that lies along the River Aire and Leeds and Liverpool Canal. ...

External links

• Craven District Website
• North Yorkshire County Council