Coniston Cold
village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Coniston Cold is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village lies 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Skipton along the A65.
It was historically part of the Staincliffe Wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Craven District, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
St Peter's Church, Coniston Cold, was built in 1846.
According to the 2001 UK census, Coniston Cold parish had a population of 186, increasing to 203 at the 2011 Census.
“Coniston Cold” enters the record as village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Coniston, Cold and village can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q629366. Authority coordinates are 53.991, -2.149. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1974, 2023, 1846 and 2001.
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This entry incorporates text from “Coniston Cold” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.