Beckermonds is a small hamlet in the
Craven
Craven may refer to:
* Craven in the Domesday Book, an area of Yorkshire, England, larger area than the district
** Craven District, a local government district of North Yorkshire formed in 1974
Places
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district of
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by national parks, including most of the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors. It is one of four cou ...
, England. The hamlet lies at the western end of
Langstrothdale, at the confluence of
Green Field Beck and
Oughtershaw Beck, which join to form the start of the
River Wharfe.
The toponym, first recorded in 1241 as ''Beckermotes'', is from the
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...
''bekkjar mót'', meaning "the meeting of the streams". The intrusive ''n'' was added later under the influence of
Old French
Old French (, , ; Modern French: ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries. Rather than a unified language, Old French was a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intelligi ...
''mont'', "hill".
The hamlet consists of five dwellings. Population is six. Two of the cottages are run as holiday lets which, when fully occupied, add twelve to this figure.
References
External links
{{Commons category, Beckermonds, North Yorkshire
Beckermonds on Google Maps
Wharfedale
Hamlets in North Yorkshire