Marrick is a

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and

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in the county of

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, England, situated in lower

Swaledale Swaledale is a valley in North Yorkshire, England. It is one of the Yorkshire Dales, which are part of the Pennines, and within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is named after the River Swale, which runs through it. Swaledale is the mo ...

in the

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, the village is approximately west of

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. The parish of Marrick also includes the hamlets of Hurst and Washfold, according to the UK 2011 Census, the population of the parish was 148.

History

Marrick Priory, a former

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nunnery dating back to the 12th century was the site of the local place of worship, the Church of the Virgin Mary and St. Andrew until its conversion into a farm building in 1948, and later an outdoor education and residential centre for young people. The hamlet of Hurst, to the north was a

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centre in the 19th century.

Marrickville Marrickville is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Marrickville is located south-west of the Sydney central business district and is the largest suburb in the Inner West Council local government ...

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, Australia is named after Marrick, North Yorkshire.

Governance

The village lies within the

Richmond and Northallerton Richmond and Northallerton is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, when it was won by Rishi ...

parliamentary constituency, which is under the control of the Conservative Party. The current Member of Parliament, since the 2015 general election, is

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. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of

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, it is now administered by the unitary

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Notable people

* Birthplace of racehorse breeder William Blenkiron.G. C. Boase, ‘Blenkiron, William (1807?–1871)’, rev. Wray Vamplew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200
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External links

* Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire Swaledale {{Richmondshire-geo-stub

History

Governance

Notable people

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