SETTLE, a market town of England, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, near the left bank of the Ribble, at the foot of a lofty limestone rock called Castleberg, rising in the midst of a fertile valley 54 miles W.N.W. of York. It is substantially built, and has one principal, and several smaller streets, and a market-place, in which stands a fine Elizabethan edifice for public purposes. The parish church stands on the other side of the river; but there is another established place of worship in the town, besides those belonging to the Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists, Independents, and Quakers. Settle contains cotton factories, worked by water-power, ropeworks, and paper-mills. Weekly markets and annual fairs are held here. Pop. 1976.