St Martin's is a
civil parish
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in
North Yorkshire
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, England. It is located south of the town of
Richmond
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, covering the residential areas south of the
River Swale
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Th ...
, including the former
Richmond railway station and Holly Hill.
Located within the parish is the ruin of
St. Martin's Priory, a former
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house.
History
Richmond railway station is located within the parish, which is separated from Richmond by the River Swale. The position of the station was because it was considered "geographically impossible" to locate the station within the town. Of the ten listed buildings in the parish, seven are associated with the railway terminus, one is the bridge at the west of the parish into Richmond, and two are those associated with St Martin's Priory, the namesake of the parish.
Governance
Historically, St Martin's was in the ecclesiastical parish of Catterick, and was its own
extra parochial area, before being made into a civil parish in 1858. It was originally in the
wapentake
A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United States, Denmark, Southern Schleswig, Sweden, Finland, Norway, the Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek, C ...
of
Gilling West
Gilling West is a village about north of Richmond in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located in the civil parish of Gilling with Hartforth and Sedbury. It is named "West" to distinguish it from Gilling East in Rye ...
, but was moved into the wapentake
Hang East
Hang EastSometimes referred to as East Hang. 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 consist ...
, and now is in
Richmondshire
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, in North Yorkshire. In 2001, the parish had a population of 242, which had dropped to 222 by the time of the 2011 census.
In 2015,
North Yorkshire County Council
North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) is the county council governing the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire; an area composing most of North Yorkshire in England. The council currently consists of 90 councillors. The council is current ...
estimated the population of the parish to be 200.
References
External links
St Martin's Parish Council webpage Civil parishes in North Yorkshire
Richmondshire
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