sentences:  There was a coal mine here in the 14th century.Colsterdale was historically divided between the parishes of East Witton and Masham in the North Riding of Yorkshire.The upper part of the inhabited dale, above Gollinglith Foot, was a detached part of the parish of East Witton (from 1866 a detached part of the civil parish of East Witton Without), but in 1886 was transferred to the civil parish of Healey with Sutton, and in 1894 was created a separate civil parish.