 The parish includes the nearby villages of Baycliff, Dendron, Leece, Gleaston, Newbiggin, Roosebeck, Scales and a number of smaller hamlets.According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,187, reducing to 1,105 at the 2011 Census.The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book as a separate manor belonging to a local man named Ernulf.