Coulton 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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the county of
North Yorkshire
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, England, it is about south of
Helmsley
Helmsley is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town is located at the point where Ryedale leaves the moorland and joins the flat Vale of Pickering.
Helmsley is ...
.
History
The village is mentioned in the ''
Domesday Book
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'' as ''Coletun''. The lands around the village are mentioned in four entries, in which landowners at the time of the
Norman invasion include ''Orm, Son of Gamal'', ''Othulf'', ''Uthred'' and ''King Edward''. After the invasion, the lands were granted to ''
Count Robert of Mortain'', ''Hugh, son of Baldric'' and ''
King William''.
Coulton Mill was first recorded in the 12th century and is a
grade II* listed building
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.
Governance
The village lies within the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency. It was part of the
Ryedale
Ryedale was a non-metropolitan district in North Yorkshire, England. It was in the Vale of Pickering, a low-lying flat area of land drained by the River Derwent, Yorkshire, River Derwent. The Vale's landscape is rural with scattered villages ...
district between 1974 and 2023. It is now administered by
North Yorkshire Council
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.
Geography
The nearest settlements are Hovingham to the north-east;
Scackleton
Scackleton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Howardian Hills and south-west of Hovingham.
History
The village is mentioned three times in the ''Domesday Book'' as ''Scacheldene'' or ''Scach ...
to the south-east;
Cawton to the north and
Brandsby to the south-west.
The 1881 UK Census recorded the population as 131.
This decreased to 69 in the 1961 UK Census.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Coulton, North Yorkshire
References
External links
Villages in North Yorkshire
Civil parishes in North Yorkshire
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