page_title: Rathmell
section_title: Origins
hierarchical_section_title: Rathmell / Origins
caption_attribution_description: English: Signpost at Rathmell North Yorkshire showing directions to the village and other local communities and recording the pre-1974 location in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
context_page_description: Rathmell is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish in the 2011 census was 305. It is close to the River Ribble and about three miles south of Settle. Other towns and villages nearby include Wigglesworth, Tosside, Giggleswick and Long Preston.
context_section_description: The name Rathmell comes from Old Norse rauðr 'red' + melr 'sandbank'.  Indeed, the area has a long history of Norse settlement.
caption: Signpost near the village showing directions to local communities and recording the pre-1974 location within Yorkshire West Riding
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