Milby is a hamlet and
civil parish in the
Harrogate district
The Borough of Harrogate is a local government district with borough status in North Yorkshire, England. Its population at the census of 2011 was 157,869. Its council is based in the town of Harrogate, but it also includes surrounding towns and v ...
of
North Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the immediate north of
Boroughbridge.
History
The
Roman road, ''
Dere Street'' crossed the
River Ure at Milby. Until the mid 19th century, the old wooden bridge remains could still be seen.
The village is mentioned in the ''
Domesday Book'' as ''Mildebi'' in the
Hallikeld
Hallikeld was a Wapentake (Hundred), which is an administrative division (or ancient district), in the historic county of the North Riding of Yorkshire. It was one of the smaller wapentakes by area and consisted of seven parishes. History
The n ...
Wapentake. The lands were the possession of the Crown both before and after the Norman invasion.
Milby was historically a
township in the
North Riding of Yorkshire
The North Riding of Yorkshire is a subdivision of Yorkshire, England, alongside York, the East Riding and West Riding. The riding's highest point is at Mickle Fell with 2,585 ft (788 metres).
From the Restoration it was used as ...
, divided between the parishes of
Aldborough and
Kirby Hill. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. In 1974 Milby was transferred from the North Riding to the new county of North Yorkshire.
The
Pilmoor, Boroughbridge and Knaresborough Railway
The Pilmoor, Boroughbridge and Knaresborough Railway was a railway line in North Yorkshire, England, that connected Pilmoor on the East Coast Main Line with the towns of Boroughbridge and Knaresborough. The first part of the branch headed south ...
, a branch line of the North Eastern railway, ran through the parish. The line ran from Pilmoor Junction on the
East Coast Main Line
The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a electrified railway between London and Edinburgh via Peterborough, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle. The line is a key transport artery on the eastern side of Great Britain running broa ...
near
Easingwold to
Knaresborough via Boroughbridge. Opened in 1847, it closed in 1964. The Old Station House is a Grade II Listed Building.
Governance
The village lies within the
Skipton and Ripon UK Parliament constituency. It is also within the Boroughbridge electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council and the
Newby ward of Harrogate Borough District Council.
The local Parish Council has nine members.
Geography
The nearest settlements are Boroughbridge to the south;
Langthorpe
Langthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 812. It is situated to the immediate north of Boroughbridge on the A168 road.
Hist ...
to the south-west; and
Kirby Hill to the north-west.
The village lies on the north bank of the
River Ure. In order to make the river navigable past the weir at Boroughbridge, a three-quarter mile cut was made from Milby, including a set of locks, to Langthorpe.
The 2001 UK Census recorded the population as 162 of which 123 were over the age of sixteen years and 105 of those were in employment. There were 62 dwellings of which 40 were detached.
The 2011 Census gave the population as 184.
References
External links
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Villages in North Yorkshire
Civil parishes in North Yorkshire