Glusburn is a village and electoral ward in Craven in North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the village is situated on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales, sits on the A6068 Kildwick to Hapton road, and is conjoined to the village of Sutton-in-Craven at the south.
Chimney at Glusburn Mill
Craven was a non-metropolitan district in the west of North Yorkshire, centred on the market town of Skipton.
The Domesday Book, on folio 301v, lists the arable land In Craven
The mediaeval monasteries converted unused wilderness into sheep farms
Woodland, for it to endure, must be enclosed to protect its re-growth from grazing
In the 16–17th century Craven prized Longhorn cattle both for beef and their high butterfat milk that makes fine cheeses