Rillington is a village and

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in the

Ryedale Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Vale of Pickering, a low-lying flat area of land drained by the River Derwent. The Vale's landscape is rural with scattered villages and towns. It has been inh ...

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. Rillington was mentioned in the Domesday Survey in 1086 and rural life was relatively unchanged until the coming of the railway in 1845 The village has two pubs the Coach and Horses and The Fleece, both are located next to St Andrew's Church and the A64.

Transport

Rillington is on the

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, approximately east of Malton and south-west of

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. A regular

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bus service providing connections to Scarborough, Malton, York and Leeds is operated by

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. From 1845 until 1930 the village was served by a

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which connected Rillington on the

York to Scarborough Line 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 ...

. Special trains continued until the 1960s, although the station has now been demolished.

Governance

Rillington was

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part of the

East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire to t ...

until 1974. Ryedale District Council is the local authority, with Rillington Parish Council. An electoral ward in the same name exists. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 1,743. Rillington's Councillor Nathan Garbutt-Moore was elected as Vice-Chairman of Ryedale District Council 2020-22.

Education

The village is served by Rillington Community Primary School. It also falls within the catchment area for Norton College. Friends of Rillington School is a registered charity that raises funds for the Primary School.

Infamy

It was after this village that Rillington Place in

Notting Hill Notting Hill is a district of West London, England, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Notting Hill is known for being a cosmopolitan and multicultural neighbourhood, hosting the annual Notting Hill Carnival and Portobello Road Ma ...

west London was named.

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