Farlington is a small 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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the county of

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, England. It is situated approximately north of

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between Stillington and

Sheriff Hutton Sheriff Hutton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It lies about north by north-east of York. History The village is mentioned twice in the Domesday Book of 1086, as ''Hotun'' in the Bulford hundred. Before the Norman i ...

. A small stream, the Farlington beck, runs through the village.

History

Farlington is mentioned in the ''

Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...

'' as ''Falinton'' in the Bulford Hundred. At the time of the Norman invasion the manor was in the name of ''Ligulf'', but passed to

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who made

Nigel Fossard Nigel Fossard (sometimes Niel Fossard;Page (ed.) "Parishes: Hinderwell" ''History of the County of York: North Riding: Volume 2'' died after 1120) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman who held the honour of Mulgrave in Yorkshire and by virtue of that is c ...

the lord of the manor in his stead. Farlington, as a name, originates before the Domesday Book. Its origins are likely to be Anglo Saxon where the meaning would be the settlement, -''ton'', of the ''Feorlings'' clan.

Governance

The village is within the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary

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Geography

The village is at an elevation of above sea level at its highest point. The nearest settlements are Stillington to the west;

to the east-south-east;

Brandsby-cum-Stearsby Brandsby-cum-Stearsby is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, with a population of 234 (2001 census), increasing to 383 at the 2011 Census and including Dalby-cum-Skewsby and Yearsley. It includes the villages of Brandsby ...

to the north and

Sutton-on-the-Forest Sutton-on-the-Forest is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is north of York and south-east of Easingwold. History The village is mentioned three times in Domesday Book of 1086 as Sudtune in the Bulford hundred. At ...

to the south-west. Farlington Beck runs southwards through the village to join the

River Foss The River Foss is in North Yorkshire, England. It is a tributary of the River Ouse. It rises in the Foss Crooks Woods near Oulston Reservoir close to the village of Yearsley and runs south through the Vale of York to the Ouse in the centre of ...

about a south. According to the 1881 UK Census, the population was 168. The 2001 UK Census recorded the population as 124, of which 94 were over the age of sixteen. Of those, 64 were in employment. The village contains 47 dwellings of which 34 are detached properties.

Amenities

The village has a pub, a church, a village hall, a

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and a post box. Primary education is provided at nearby Sheriff Hutton, Stillington and Sutton on the Forest CE Primary Schools. These schools are within the catchment area of

Easingwold School Outwood Academy Easingwold is a mixed 11–18 secondary school with academy status in Easingwold, North Yorkshire, England. It had 663 pupils in 2023, including an on-site sixth form. The school is operated by Outwood Grange Academies Trust, ...

for secondary education.

Religion

St Leonard's Church, Farlington, on the outskirts of the village, is substantially a 12th-century structure, only altered by the addition of buttresses and windows of various dates and extensive restoration in the 19th century. It is small rectangular building 50 ft. by 16 ft. (internal measurements), consisting of a nave and chancel without structural division, a vestry north of the chancel and a western bell cote. A Grade II Listed Building, it was partially restored in 1887.

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