Tunstall is a village and

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in the

Richmondshire {{Infobox settlement , name = Richmondshire District , type = District , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_blank_emblem= Richmondshire arms.png , blank_emblem_type = Coat ...

district of

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, England about west of

Catterick Village Catterick () is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is north-west of the county town of Northallerton just to the west ...

and the A1(M) motorway. It had a population of 253 increasing to 271 at the 2011 census.

History

Tunstall was mentioned in the

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in 1096 as being in the

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of "Land of Count Alan" and the county of

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, the population was estimated at 14.8 households. In 1870-72 John Marius Wilson's '' Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' described Tunstall as:

"a township-chapelry in Catterick parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 3 miles S of Catterick-Bridge r. station. Post town, Catterick. Acres, 1,262. Real property, £2,139. Pop., 293. Houses, 66. The living is annexed to Catterick. The church was built in 1847. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a slightly endowed school."

Governance

The village lies within the Richmond (Yorks) parliamentary constituency, which is under the control of the

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. The current Member of Parliament, since the 2015 general election, is Rishi Sunak. Tunstall also lies within the Scotton ward of

District Council.

Community and culture

The church was built in 1846 as a chapel of ease to St Michael and All Angels in neighbouring Hudswell. The building was grade II listed in 1969. Tunstall has one public house, ''The Bay Horse'', which is tied to the Yorkshire-based brewer Samuel Smith.

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{{authority control Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire