Scotton, Harrogate
Scotton is a small village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England with a population of 524 in the 2001 census, increasing to 624 at the 2011 Census. It is north of Harrogate, north west of Knaresborough and is just north of the River Nidd where it flows through Nidd Gorge. However, all the watercourses through the village and the parish flow eastwards via the River Tutt and empty into the River Ure, despite Scotton being very close to the Nidd. History The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book as ''Scotone'' and was listed as belonging to Gilbert Tison with only two households. Scotton in 1881 On 16 April, 1881, the ''Knaresborogh Post'' published a long description and history of the village, which at that time had approximately three hundred inhabitants, living in around seventy houses. The paper described it thus: he houses aregrouped or planted singly by the sides of the lane or village street, which is very narrow and crooked at a ...
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2011 Census For England And Wales
A 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 and Wales. In its capacity as t ...
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