Carlton in Cleveland is a village in the Hambleton district of

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, England, and on the edge of the

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National Park. It is situated approximately south of

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. The village is commonly known as Carlton, and is the only village in the

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of Carlton. The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was recorded at 399 and was estimated at 300 in 2013. Carlton in Cleveland has a school, Carlton and Faceby Primary School, and a

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, the Blackwell Ox, but no longer has a post office or shop. Carlton Outdoor Education Centre within the village provides activities for children. Successful National Hunt jockey Brian Hughes lives in the village

History

Carlton was first mentioned in the

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in 1086. By the 14th century it had become known as ''Karleton in Clyveland'' (Carlton in Cleveland), to distinguish the place from other places named Carlton. "Cleveland" refers to the historic region of

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. The village did not form part of the county of Cleveland during its brief existence from 1974 to 1996. In the Middle Ages it appears that Carlton was a

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in the parish of

Rudby Rudby is a village and civil parish, 4 miles from the market town of Stokesley in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. Geography It is adjoined to another village called Hutton Rudby and it lies on the River Leven. Governance ...

, but by 1611 Carlton had its own church, and was considered a separate parish. The present church, dedicated to

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, was completed in 1897. It was designed by

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, and is a

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. The Cleveland Hills which lie to the south of the village are known colloquially as 'Carlton Banks'. They were the site of Alum extraction and a small works. During the 1950s the abandoned workings became a small but popular Motorcycling Scramble track. Adjacent to it is the renowned 'Lord Stones Country Park'. On 10 August 2003, a thunderstorm dropped of rain on the village in less than 13 minutes. The recording is held by the Met Office to be the most accurate rainfall measurement in the British Isles. The accuracy is maintained because the Meteorological Office have a monitoring station in the village.

Notable people

Barry Dodd Barry John Dodd (2 October 1947 – 30 May 2018) was an entrepreneur who ran a graphics company, GSM Group. He was appointed as the Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire in September 2014. Dodd was killed in a helicopter crash in North Yorksh ...

, entrepreneur and

Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire The position of Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire was created on 1 April 1974. Since 1996 the position has included the areas south of the River Tees in the former county of Cleveland. Upon the dissolution of Cleveland, Lord Gisborough was made ...

, lived at Busby Hall briefly in 2018

References

External links

* {{authority control Villages in North Yorkshire Hambleton District