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Leathley

Leathley is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, the parish includes the townships of both Castley and Leathley. It is near the border with West Yorkshire and the River Wharfe, 1 mile north-east of Otley. The B6161 runs through the village, connecting Leathley with Killinghall in the North and Pool-in-Wharfedale in the south.

According to the 2011 census Leathley had a population of 181 people.

In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Leathley as:

Later in the 1880s Leathley was described by John Bartholomew as:

Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The name Leathley originates from the old English meaning 'slope wood/clearing' referring to the rural nature of the landscape.

From information transcribed from the early 1820s St Oswald's Church, Leathley and the school in the parish of Leathley were described:

In John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales written between 1870 and 1872, he describes the property ownership in Leathley the Parish church and other key features of a developing community:

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