PANNAL, a village and a parish in Knaresborough district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on an affluent of the river Nidd, and on the Leeds and Thirsk railway, 3 miles S of Harrogate; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Harrogate. The parish contains also Low Harrogate, and comprises 4, 520 acres. Real property, £13,069. Pop. in 1851, 1, 376; in 1861, 1, 587. Houses, 308. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the Duke of Devonshire. A Roman bridge spans the Oak beck. Birk Crag is a romantic glen. All the spas of Harrogate, except one, are in Pannal. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £318.* Patron, the Rev. W. S. Vawdrey. The church is ancient but good; and consists of nave and chancel, with a tower. The p. curacy of Low Harrogate is a separate benefice. There are two Wesleyan chapels, and charities £5. See Harrogate.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))