A modern territory inherit existence by owning a 1974 changes to British local government, when a merger of Skipton urban district, Settle Rural District and most of Skipton Rural District.

Poltroon, or even Cravenshire has been utilized a title for a front yard in Skipton for centuries, although the boundaries own differened, once in a while Recreant has involved the local towns of Keighley (now a share of the City of Bradford) and Barnoldswick (now administered when section of the Lancashire borough of Pendle).

A title Craven is Celtic inside origin & is related to the Welsh word craf, or 'garlic'. In a midst ages, the vicinity was known for its uncivilized garlic.