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Colsterdale is the valley of the River Burn, a tributary of the River Ure, in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. It gives its name to a hamlet and civil parish in the upper part of the dale, about miles west of Masham. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 20 in 2010. The lower part of the dale is in the civil parish of Healey. The area is in Harrogate district. Although Colsterdale is not in Nidderdale, it lies within the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Colsterdale towers are towers built between 1895 and 1911 to conduct surveys. == History == The name, first recorded in 1281, means "coalman valley". There was a coal mine here in the 14th century. Colsterdale was historically part of the parish of East Witton in the North Riding of Yorkshire.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=East Witton: Geographical and historical information from the year 1890 )〕 In the 19th century it became part of the civil parish of East Witton Without, but in 1886 was transferred to the civil parish of Healey with Sutton. In 1894 the dale above Gollinglith Foot was created a separate civil parish.〔(Vision of Britain: unit history of Healey with Sutton )〕 In 1934 of the uninhabited Masham Moor, an area common to the parishes of Masham and East Witton, was added to the civil parish of Colsterdale.〔(Vision of Britain: Masham Moor )〕 During the First World War Colsterdale was the site of a training camp for the Leeds Pals. There is now a memorial to the Leeds Pals in the dale.〔(Yorkshire Guide )〕 It later became a Prisoner of War camp for German Officers.〔(A German P.O.W. in the Dales, 1917-1918 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colsterdale」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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