Spofforth with Stockeld is a

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 authorit ...

in the

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district of

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. According to the

2001 UK census A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194. The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ...

, Spofforth with Stockeld parish had a population of 1,121, increasing to 1,169 at the 2011 census. The parish includes the ruins of

Spofforth Castle Spofforth Castle in the village of Spofforth, North Yorkshire, England was a fortified manor house, ruined during the English Civil War and now run by English Heritage as a tourist attraction. History Spofforth Castle was built by Henry de P ...

and the

Stockeld Park Stockeld Park is a Grade-I listed country house and estate situated between the towns of Wetherby and Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, which is now the home of Peter (a great-grandchild of Robert John Foster) and Susie Grant. The estate spa ...

estate.

Governance

Spofforth with Stockeld parish is in the Harrogate Borough electoral ward of Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale. This ward stretches south-west to Huby and has a total population of 3,100 at the 2011 Census. The parish falls under the House of Commons constituency of Selby and Ainsty, whose MP is Nigel Adams of the Conservative Party.

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External links

www.spofforthvillage.org the village website
Civil parishes in North Yorkshire {{harrogate-geo-stub

Governance

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