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.^[1] St Mary's Church was rebuilt in the 1860s with a buttressed spire.

St Mary's church

Lower Dunsforth
Lower Dunsforth from the west
Lower Dunsforth Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE4464
Civil parish	Dunsforths
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HARROGATE
Postcode district	YO26
Dialling code	01423
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Harrogate and Knaresborough
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°04′38″N 1°19′42″W

Lower Dunsforth was formerly a township in the parish of Aldborough,^[2] 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".^[3] In 1951 the parish had a population of 113.^[4] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.