West Layton 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 Richmondshire district of

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, England, close to the border with

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and a few miles west of

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...

History

The village is mentioned in the

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as belonging to Count Alan, and as having 16 villagers, a meadow, one fishery and two churches. Formerly in the

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of Gilling West and the parish of

Hutton Magna Hutton Magna is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. Situated south east of Barnard Castle. Lying within the historic boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the village along with the rest of the former Startforth Rura ...

, the village is now in Richmondshire in North Yorkshire. The name of Layton is historically recorded as ''Laston'', ''Lastun'' and ''Latton'', and means the ''town where the leeks are grown''. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included with the parish of East Layton. In 2015,

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estimated that the population of the village was 40.

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