Coneythorpe is a village in the
civil parish
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of
Coneythorpe and Clareton, in
North Yorkshire
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, England. It is situated less than west from the
A1(M) motorway
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. Until 1974 it was in the
West Riding of Yorkshire
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. From 1974 to 2023 it was in
Harrogate
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district.
Coneythorpe was formerly a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
in the parish of
Goldsborough, in 1866 Coneythorpe became a separate civil parish, on 24 March 1888 the parish was abolished and merged with
Clareton to form "Coneythorpe and Clareton". In 1881 the parish had a population of 79.
References
External links
*
Coneythorpe at Streetmap.co.uk
Villages in North Yorkshire
Former civil parishes in North Yorkshire
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