Dishforth is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in the
Harrogate
Harrogate ( ) is a spa town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town is a tourist destination and its visitor at ...
district of
North Yorkshire
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, England. Dishforth translates from Old English as dic-ford; a ford by a dike or ditch. The population of the parish taken at the
2001 census as 719 and had risen to 905 by the time of the
2011 census.
![Dishforth Drinkers Dilemma - geograph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Dishforth_Drinkers_Dilemma_-_geograph.org.uk_-_328426.jpg)
It is just north of
Dishforth Airfield
Dishforth Airfield is a Royal Air Force/British Army station in North Yorkshire, England. It was an Army Air Corps helicopter base and a Relief Landing Ground for RAF Linton-on-Ouse. 6 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps is currently located at Dishf ...
, which up until April 2016 was an
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* Army Air Corps (United Kingdom), the army aviation element of the British Army
* Philippine Army Air Corps (1935–1941)
* United States Army Air Corps (1926–1942), or its p ...
helicopter station. The village is close to the
A1(M)
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and the
A168. The original route of the
Great North Road runs through the village but
RAF Dishforth
Royal Air Force Dishforth or more simply RAF Dishforth is a former Royal Air Force station near to Ripon in North Yorkshire, England. Opened in 1936, the base was used as a bomber airfield during the Second World War with both British and Canad ...
was built over the old road which used to be the
A1 and later the
A167
The A167 and A167(M) is a road in North East England. It is partially a trunk road and partially a motorway, where it is commonly referred to as Newcastle Central Motorway. Most of the road’s route was formerly that of the A1, until it was ...
. The closest town is
Boroughbridge
Boroughbridge () is a town and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is north-west of the county town of York. Until a bypass was built the town lay on the mai ...
to the south.
The village has two pubs adjacent to one another; the Black Swan and the Crown Inn. The village has a small Methodist church, a village hall (which used to be the village church) and a primary school.
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Villages in North Yorkshire
Civil parishes in North Yorkshire
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