Dacre | |
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Location within
North Yorkshire | |
Population | 764 |
OS grid reference | SE192608 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HARROGATE |
Postcode district | HG3 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
Dacre is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England, it is 5 miles south of Pateley Bridge. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 658, [1] increasing to 764 at the 2011 Census. [2] The village is situated on the crest of a hill overlooking the River Nidd. Infrastructure of the village includes a small chapel and an old single-room schoolhouse which is currently used for community events.
The largest settlement in the parish is Dacre Banks, on the River Nidd, where the church is located. [3] The village of Dacre lies on higher ground a mile south of Dacre Banks.
The name Dacre is of Brittonic origin and derived from the element *dagr, meaning "tears, weeping" and semantically "damp, moisture, wetness, trickling" (c.f. Welsh dagr). [4] It shares its etymology with the identically named Dacre in Cumbria. [4]
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