Moor Monkton 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

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, England. It is situated on the

River Nidd The River Nidd is a tributary of the River Ouse in the English county of North Yorkshire. In its first few miles it is dammed three times to create Angram Reservoir, Scar House Reservoir and Gouthwaite Reservoir, which attract a total of aroun ...

and north-west from

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

city centre.

History

Moor Monkton 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 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

as a small settlement belonging to ''Richard son of Herfast''. The name of Moor, was added to the name Monkton to distinguish it from

Nun Monkton Nun Monkton is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated northwest of York at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Nidd. Cottages and houses are grouped around a village green of with a ...

, which is over the other side of the

. The name ''Monkton'', which has been recorded variously as ''Munechatun, Monketon super Moram, Munketun'', and ''Moore Monkton'', means the ''town of the monks''. Historically, the village was in the

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, which meant that it was in the

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. The village is one of the waypoints on the

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that covers the old boundaries of the Ainsty. The manor of Moor Monkton was originally owned by the Ughtred family from about the 13th century. It has also been owned by the

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and the

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in the 15th century and eventually the Slingsby family. Sir Francis Slingsby bought the estates from the Seymour family about 1560. The original seat for the manor was "Rede House" situated to the west of the village. It was a moated building that had been crenallated in the 14th century by Sir Thomas Ughtred. The modern Red House lies 50m south east of this site and was built around 1607 to replace the old house. The Red House School Chapel in Hall Lane is a Grade II listed building. An early 17th century chapel, that was consecrated in 1618, is a brick built building with a slate roof.

Geography

Geographically, the village is at the end of a road that spurs some north from the

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. The River Nidd is to the immediate north, with the River Ouse to the east. The village used to have a railway link at the railway station on the Harrogate Line, though this station closed in 1958. The nearest railway stations now are at and . Buses call at the crossroads with the A59, south of the village, twice a day, running between Ripon and York.

Demography

Population

Religion

The parish church, dedicated to All Saints, dates in part from the 12th century. It was

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in 1879 by James Fowler, who probably added the

chancel In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse. Ove ...

east window, and one at the south of the

nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...

Notable people

* James Hampton (1721–1778), Rector and author * John Shepherd (1765–1848), jockey *

Henry Yeoman The Venerable Henry Walker Yeoman (b Whitby 21 November 1816; d Marske-by-the-Sea 30 March 1897) was Archdeacon of Cleveland from 1882 until his death. Yeoman was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; and ordained in 1840. He was Vicar of ...

(1816–1897), Rector *

Cyril Lemprière Charles Cyril Lemprière (19 April 1870 – 24 January 1939) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s and 1900s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Hull FC, as a , and was ...

(1870–1939), head master and rugby player

References

External links

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''Moor Monkton Mercury''
UK individual registrant web site
''Moor Monkton Village Website''
UK individual registrant web site {{authority control Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire