Acklam is a small village and

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in the

Ryedale Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Vale of Pickering, a low-lying flat area of land drained by the River Derwent. The Vale's landscape is rural with scattered villages and towns. It has been inh ...

district of

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, England although it is historically part of the

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. It is situated approximately north-east of

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city centre and south of the town of Malton.

History

Acklam is mentioned in the

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as ''Aclum'' in the East Riding and gave its name to the

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. The Lord in 1066 was named as '' Siward'' and comprised 4 ploughlands with 2 Lord's plough teams and a church. The village lay within the ancient

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of Buckrose The etymology of the name is derived from

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''āc'' (an oak tree) and ''lēah'' (a forest or wood clearing). There are the remains of an earthwork motte and bailey castle on a ridge overlooking the village to the south.

Governance

The village lies within the Westminster Parliamentary Constituency of

Thirsk and Malton Thirsk and Malton is a constituency in North Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Kevin Hollinrake, a Conservative. History 2010-date Anne McIntosh, a Conservative, elected for Vale of York in ...

; the Norton Electoral Division of

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; and the Derwent Ward of

Ryedale District Council Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Vale of Pickering, a low-lying flat area of land drained by the River Derwent, Yorkshire, River Derwent. The Vale's landscape is rural with scattered villages an ...

Demographics

According to the

2001 UK census A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194. The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ...

, Acklam parish had a population of 183, reducing to 168 at the 2011 Census. The 2011 census also showed that there were 72 dwellings in the Parish.

Community

There is no school in the village, but it is within the catchment area for

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Community Primary School one mile north of the village and the catchment area of Norton College for Secondary Education. The village is served by a District Council assisted service once per day.

Religion

There is a church in the village dedicated to St John the Baptist. It is part of the united

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of West Buckrose in the Deanery of Southern Ryedale along with eight other churches. The church is housed in what used to be the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, built in 1794 after the Anglican Church was demolished.

References

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* {{authority control Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire