Lower Dunsforth

Lower Dunsforth is a village in the civil parish of Dunsforths, in North Yorkshire, England. It was recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) as Doneforde/Dunesford/Dunesforde. St Mary's church was rebuilt in the 1860s with a buttressed spire. Lower Dunsforth was formerly a township in the parish of Aldborough, in 1866 Lower Dunsforth became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1960 the parish was abolished and merged with Upper Dunsforth with Branton Green to form "Dunsforths". In 1951 the parish had a population of 113. From 1974 to 2023 it was in Harrogate district.