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|county=York<br />
|riding=West<br />
|picture=Beamsley Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 358788.jpg<br />
|picture caption=Beamsley Hospital<br />
|latitude=53.96771<br />
|longitude=-1.88282<br />
|population=139<br />
|census year=2011<ref name="2011 census"/><br />
|LG district=Craven<br />
|post town=Skipton<br />
|postcode=BD23<br />
|os grid ref=SE077524<br />
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'''Beamsley''' is a village and civil parish in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding]] of [[Yorkshire]]. It is just within the boundary of the [[Yorkshire Dales]] National Park, and about six miles east of [[Skipton]] and two miles north of [[Addingham]]. The township is split between the ancient parishes of Skipton and Addingham: the parts in each parish being known as Beamsley-in-Skipton and Beamsley-in-Addingham respectively.<br />
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The village lies immediately south of the A59 road<ref>{{cite web|title=Out of Oblivion: A landscape through time|url=http://www.outofoblivion.org.uk/record.asp?id=123|website=www.outofoblivion.org.uk|accessdate=9 January 2016}}</ref> and on the eastern bank of the [[River Wharfe]].<br />
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According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 149, reducing to 139 at the 2011 Census.<ref name="2011 census">{{NOMIS2011|id=1170216724|title=Beamsley Parish |accessdate = 23 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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The former Beamsley Methodist Church has been carefully modified, by the Beamsley Project Charitable Trust, to become a self-catering holiday centre for people with disabilities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beamsley Project - About us|url=http://www.beamsleyproject.org/about-us/|website=www.beamsleyproject.org|accessdate=9 January 2016}}</ref> The quiet roads around Beamsley make it a popular destination with cyclists with the Tour de France Grand Depart 2014 passing through the local area close to Beamsley.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tour de France in Craven|url=http://www.cravendc.gov.uk/letour|website=www.cravendc.gov.uk|accessdate=9 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127035051/http://www.cravendc.gov.uk/letour|archive-date=27 January 2016|url-status = dead}}</ref><br />
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On the other side of the A59 to Beamsley village is the site of Beamsley Hospital. This building was noted for its odd design of seven rooms radiating out from a central area. This meant that to go to a room you had to pass through a chapel which was an encouragement to prayer.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Humphery|first1=Angela|title=If you want a holiday in a pigsty...|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/if-you-want-a-holiday-in-a-pigsty-1304604.html|accessdate=9 January 2016|work=The Independent|date=12 April 1996|language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Beamsley Beacon (also known as Howber Hill)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hinton|first1=George|title=Picture of the Week|url=http://www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/11458490.Picture_of_the_Week/|accessdate=9 January 2016|work=Ilkley Gazette|date=8 September 2014}}</ref> is east of the village and rises to 1,070 feet above sea level.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beamsley Beacon|url=http://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crag.php?id=9411|website=UK Climbing|accessdate=9 January 2016}}</ref> The Beacon is notable for its stone cairns, one of which is supposedly there to mark the burial site of a chieftain from the Bronze Age.<ref>{{cite news|title=‘Don’t desecrate the chieftain’s grave’|url=http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/4213677.___Don___t_desecrate_the_chieftain___s_grave___/|accessdate=9 January 2016|work=Craven Herald|date=22 March 2009}}</ref> Stones on the beacon were also used to construct a guard hut during the Napoleonic Wars.<ref>{{cite web|title=grough — Don't destroy history with your cairns, walkers urged|url=http://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/2009/03/18/dont-destroy-history-with-your-cairns-walkers-urged#|website=www.grough.co.uk|accessdate=9 January 2016}}</ref><br />
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JMW Turner painted a shooting party on Beamsley Beacon in 1816.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wallace Collection Online - The Collection |url=http://wallacelive.wallacecollection.org/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=65598|website=wallacelive.wallacecollection.org|accessdate=9 January 2016}}</ref><br />
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In 2015, a memorial was unveiled to the Royal Canadian Air Force aircrew who died when their Lancaster Bomber crashed into the beacon. Four of the crew died and four survived. The bomber was flying out of [[RAF Leeming]] when it crashed in fog around midday on 5 November 1945.<ref>{{cite news|last1=White|first1=Clive|title=Canadian airmen remembered on Beamsley Beacon|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/13947930.Canadian_airmen_remembered_on_Beamsley_Beacon/|accessdate=9 January 2016|work=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=5 November 2015}}</ref><br />
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Although small, Base 3 Systems, an analytics consultancy<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.base3.com/contactus|title=Base 3 Systems|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref> and [[N.Peal]], a luxury cashmere designer, have head offices in the village.<br />
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==Notable residents==<br />
*Christopher Clapham (1608–1686), MP<br />
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