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Burneston
Burneston is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton District, Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 244, increasing to 311 at the 2011 Census. The village is close to the A1 road (Great Britain), A1(M) road and is about south-east of Bedale. History The village is recorded in the ''Domesday Book'' as "Brennigston" and at the time was the property of Merleswein the Sheriff. The King passed ownership to Count Alan of Brittany, who made Robert of Moutiers the local landlord. In 1591 the lordship was granted to Sir Richard Theakston by the Queen. It subsequently passed through the Pierse family of Bedale in 1639, the Wastell family in 1682, to eventually reside in 1830 with Matthew Montagu, 4th Baron Rokeby. The old Roman road of Dere Street ran near the village and now follows the route of the A1(M). The almshouses in Main Street, later partly used as a school, were built in 1680 and are Grade II* listed. Gove ...
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Church Of St Lambert, Burneston
The Church of St Lambert, Burneston, is the Anglican parish church for the village of Burneston in North Yorkshire, England. The church was built progressively in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, with some later additions and is now a grade I listed structure. It is the only Anglican church in England to be dedicated to Lambert of Maastricht, St Lambert, and one of its former vicars, Canon John Hartley (tennis), John Hartley, was noted for being a winner at the Men's Singles championship at The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon two years running. The church was grade I listed in 1966. History Whilst the current structure dates back to the 13th century, it is known that church existed at Burneston not long after the Domesday Book was collated, as Robert de Musters gave the church at Burneston to St Mary's Abbey, York, St Mary's Abbey in York during the tenure of William Rufus, who reigned between 1087 and 1100. The chancel was built in the 14th century, and the tower was adde ...
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Theakston, North Yorkshire
Theakston is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 143. Geography The village is situated just west of the A1(M) motorway, and is about three miles south-east of Bedale. The B6285 road passes through the village. History Etymology In the Domesday Book the place is recorded as ''Eston'', in the 13th to 16th century as Texton, Thexton, or Thekeston and in the 17th century as Theakstone. The surname Theakston is derived from the name of the village. If the spelling "Thekeston" is assumed to be correct, the name of the village can be derived from the Old English given name ''Teodec'' and the suffix ''-tun'', meaning "The farm (tun) of Teodec". The name "Theakston" is also believed to derive from the name of the leader of a family settling the area during the Anglo-Saxon colonisation of England. The first part "Theaks" is derived from the Norse "Að Åke’s". "Að" (wit ...
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Bedale
Bedale ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the district of Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is north of Leeds, south-west of Middlesbrough and south-west of the county town of Northallerton. It was originally in Richmondshire and listed in ''Domesday Book'' as part of Catterick wapentake, which was also known as Hangshire (named after Hang Bank in Finghall; it was split again and Bedale remained in East Hang. Bedale Beck is a tributary of the River Swale, which forms one of the Yorkshire Dales, with its predominance of agriculture and its related small traditional trades, although tourism is increasingly important. History Before the Harrying of the North Bedale was held by Torpin (Thorfinn), a patronym retained by the infamous Dick Turpin. The parish church also dates from this time (as evidenced by its crypt), before significant remodelling. The original 9th century church escaped destruction in the Ha ...
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Exelby
Exelby is a village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is south-east of Bedale and west of the A1(M) motorway and is part of the civil parish of Exelby, Leeming and Londonderry. The civil parish had a total of 2,788 residents at the time of the 2011 census, though Exelby had only 80 homes. The name of the village derives from Old Danish or Old Norse and means ''Eskil's farm'' or ''Eskil's settlement''. In the 1086 ''Domesday Book'' Exelby is noted as Aschilebi, with only one man but 20 ploughlands, and in the North Riding's Land of Count Alan. In 1066 Merleswein the Sheriff was Lord of the Manor, which by 1086 had been transferred to Robert of Moutiers, with Count Alan of Brittany as Tenant-in-chief. The village lies on the B6285, which connects Bedale with Exelby, Theakston, Burneston and the A6055 The A6055 is a stretch of road in North Yorkshire that runs from Knaresborough to Boroughbridge, with a break, then starts up again at Junctio ...
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Kirklington, North Yorkshire
Kirklington is a village in the English county of North Yorkshire close to the A1(M) motorway. Kirklington forms the major part of the civil parish of Kirklington-cum-Upsland which is in the district of Hambleton. The population of the parish in the 2001 UK Census was 277, 315 in the 2011 census and estimated to be 220 in 2014. Governance The village lies within the Richmond (Yorks) UK Parliament constituency. It also lies within the Bedale electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council and the Tanfield ward of Hambleton District Council. History There is some evidence of Roman occupation around the village, in the form of a white-ware burial at the ''Lady well'', a stretch of Healam Beck, behind the Hall. Also close to the village on the A1(M), at Healam Bridge lie buried the remains of a Roman Dere Street fort, almost entirely ploughed away. Just beyond the village to the north lies 'Camp Hill', the remains of an Iron Age camp. Kirklington is mentioned in the ' ...
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United Kingdom Census 2011
A Census in the United Kingdom, census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Internet. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for the census in England and Wales, the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) is responsible for the census in Scotland, and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) is responsible for the census in Northern Ireland. The Office for National Statistics is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department formed in 2008 and which reports directly to Parliament. ONS is the UK Government's single largest statistical producer of independent statistics on the UK's economy and society, used to assist the planning and allocation of resources, policy-making and decision-making. ONS designs, manages and runs the census in England an ...
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Norton Conyers
Norton Conyers is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, north of Ripon. There is no modern village in the parish. Most of the parish is occupied by the grounds of Norton Conyers House, which cover the site of a deserted medieval village. The population of the parish was estimated at 30 in 2015. Norton was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086, when the soke belonged to the Bishop of Durham. Between 1099 and 1133 Norton was enfeoffed to the Conyers family, and thus acquired its full name. When the Conyers estates were divided in 1199, Norton went to the elder branch of the family, along with Hutton Conyers. By the late 14th century the manor passed to the Norton family, one of whose members built Norton Conyers House. Norton Conyers was a chapelry of the parish of Wath in the North Riding of Yorkshire, although unlike the rest of the parish it formed part of the wapentake of Allertonshire Allertonshire or Allerton was a wapentake and liberty in the North Ridi ...
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Listed Building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland. The term has also been used in the Republic of Ireland, where buildings are protected under the Planning and Development Act 2000. The statutory term in Ireland is " protected structure". A listed building may not be demolished, extended, or altered without special permission from the local planning authority, which typically consults the relevant central government agency, particularly for significant alterations to the more notable listed buildings. In England and Wales, a national amenity society must be notified of any work to a listed building which involves any element of demolition. Exemption from secular listed building control is provided for some buildings in current use for worship, ...
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Carthorpe
Carthorpe is a small village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located about south of Bedale Bedale ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the district of Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is north of Leeds, south-west of Middlesbrough and south-west of the county town of .... Village services include a pub (the ''Fox and Hounds Inn''), a post office and a Community Hall. References External links The ''Fox and Hounds Inn'' Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire {{hambleton-geo-stub ...
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Sutton Howgrave
Sutton Howgrave is a village in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It is the only village in the civil parish of Sutton with Howgrave. The population of the parish was estimated at 70 in 2014. The United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census population figure of 315 also includes the parishes of Howgrave and Kirklington-cum-Upsland. Sutton Howgrave was mentioned in the Domesday Book (as ''Sudtone'') and in the Middle Ages it was a Manorialism, manor in the parish of Kirklington, North Yorkshire, Kirklington in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It remained a township of Kirklington until 1866, when it became a separate civil parish, now known as Sutton with Howgrave. Despite its name, the parish of Sutton with Howgrave does not include all of Howgrave, which is a separate civil parish. The civil parish of Sutton with Howgrave became part of Hambleton district in North Yorkshire in 1974. Since 1978 it has shared the grouped parish council of Kirklington with Sutton Ho ...
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Middleton Quernhow
Middleton Quernhow is a settlement and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. The parish is included in the Wathvale Ward with a population of 3,479 (at the 2011 census). North Yorkshire County Council estimated that the population of the parish was 60 in 2015. It is very near the A1(M) road and is north of Ripon. Quernhow, which has also been spelled Whernhowe and Whernou means mill-hill, the first element deriving from the Old Norse ''kvern'' meaning a mill stone. How or Howe, deriving from the Old Norse word ''haugr'' meaning a hill, is a common element in Yorkshire place name. In this instance, the Quernhow in question is a small hillock on a road that was the dividing line between the parishes of Ainderby and Middleton Quernhow. The settlement is mentioned in the Domesday Book as being a manor of 5 carucates, once held by Tor, but by 1086 was in the possession of Count Alan. It passed through several families (de Middleton, de Scrope, best an ...
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East Tanfield
East Tanfield is a civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. There is no modern village in the parish, and the population was estimated at 30 in 2013. The deserted medieval village of East Tanfield lies near Manor Farm on the banks of the River Ure. East Tanfield was mentioned in the Domesday Book, when it was in the possession of Count Alan of Brittany. It was a prosperous community in the medieval period, but appears to have been deserted in the 16th century. East Tanfield was historically a township in the ancient parish of Kirklington in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. It was transferred to North Yorkshire in 1974. The parish shares a grouped parish council, Tanfield Parish Council, with the much larger parish of West Tanfield West Tanfield is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately six miles north of Ripon on the ...
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