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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Craven like this:
CRAVEN, an upland territory round the sources and headstreams of the rivers Aire and Wharfe, W. R. Yorkshire. It gives family and peerage name to the Earls Craven. A Roman road traversed it; and Roman coins have been found on the border of it, at Craven Bank, near Giggleswick.
Craven is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Craven itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Craven, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17367
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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