Marrick is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

and

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in the

Richmondshire {{Infobox settlement , name = Richmondshire District , type = District , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_blank_emblem= Richmondshire arms.png , blank_emblem_type = Coat ...

district of

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...

, England, situated in lower

Swaledale Swaledale is one of the northernmost dales (valleys) in Yorkshire Dales National Park, located in northern England. It is the dale of the River Swale on the east side of the Pennines in North Yorkshire. Geographical overview Swaledale runs ...

in the

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, the village is approximately west of

Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ...

. The parish of Marrick also includes the hamlets of Hurst and Washfold, according to the

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, 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

mining Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic via ...

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 gove ...

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, Australia is named after Marrick, North Yorkshire.

Governance

The village lies within the Richmond (Yorks) parliamentary constituency, which is under the control of the

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. The current Member of Parliament, since the 2015 general election, is

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. Marrick is part of the

Richmondshire District Council Richmondshire District Council is the administration body covering Richmondshire, a large area of the northern Yorkshire Dales including Swaledale and Arkengarthdale, Wensleydale and Coverdale, with Scots' Dyke and Scotch Corner at its centre. ...

electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...

of Lower Swaledale and Arkengarthdale.

Notable people

* Birthplace of racehorse breeder

William Blenkiron William Blenkiron ( – 25 September 1871) was an English breeder of racehorses. Blenkiron was born in Marrick, Richmond, Yorkshire, about 1807. He was originally brought up as a farmer, but he abandoned that pursuit, and moved to London in 1834, ...

.G. C. Boase, ‘Blenkiron, William (1807?–1871)’, rev. Wray Vamplew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200
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References

External links

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