Cundall is a village in the county of

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, England. It is one of the

Thankful Villages Thankful Villages (also known as Blessed Villages; ) are settlements in England and Wales from which all their members of the armed forces survived World War I. The term Thankful Village was popularised by the writer Arthur Mee in the 1930s; in '' ...

that suffered no fatalities during the

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Governance

The village lies within the Skipton & Ripon UK Parliamentary Constituency. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the

Borough of Harrogate The Borough of Harrogate was a local government district with borough status in North Yorkshire, England, from 1974 to 2023. Its council was based in the town of Harrogate, but it also included surrounding settlements, including the cathedral ...

, it is now administered by the unitary

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. The village is part of the civil parish of Cundall with Leckby.

Geography

The village is recorded in the UK Census of 1821 as having a population of 351. In the 1851 UK Census the population was 389 and in the 1881 UK Census was 301. In the 2001 UK Census the parish had a population of 102, of which 82 were aged over sixteen. Of these, 64 were in employment. There were 42 dwellings of which half were detached properties. The Census 2011 gave a population of 128.

History

The village is mentioned in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...

of 1086 as ''Cundel'' in the

Hallikeld Hallikeld was a wapentake, an administrative division (or ancient district) analogous to a Hundred (county division), hundred, in the historic county of the North Riding of Yorkshire. It was one of the smaller wapentakes by area and consisted of ...

hundred. The lord of the manor prior to the Norman invasion was ''Earl Waltheof'' and thereafter ''Alfred the butler'' under the rule of

Robert, Count of Mortain Robert, Count of Mortain, first Earl of Cornwall of 2nd creation (–) was a Norman nobleman and the half-brother (on their mother's side) of King William the Conqueror. He was one of the very few proven companions of William the Conqueror at t ...

. The village is at an elevation of at its highest. The village is just west of the

River Swale The River Swale in Yorkshire, England, is a major tributary of the River Ure, which becomes the River Ouse, Yorkshire, River Ouse, that empties into the North Sea via the Humber Estuary. The river gives its name to Swaledale, the valley throu ...

and east of the

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. The nearest settlements are

Asenby Asenby is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, with a population of 285 (2001 census), increasing to 311 at the 2011 census. The village is about south-west of Thirsk and east of Ripon. It is south of the Cou ...

to the north;

Dishforth Dishforth is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Dishforth translates from Old English as dic-ford; a ford by a dike or ditch. The population of the parish taken at the 2001 census as 719 and had risen to 905 ...

to the west and

Helperby Helperby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brafferton and Helperby, in North Yorkshire, England, about five miles west of Easingwold. Over the years it has joined onto Brafferton, North Yorkshire, Brafferton. Helperby ...

to the south. The village of

Norton-le-Clay Norton-le-Clay is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near the A1(M) motorway and north-west of Boroughbridge. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by ...

, which lies to the south-west, is another ''Thankful Village''.

Education

The village is home to Cundall Manor, an independent (fee-paying) co-educational school from ages 2.5 to 16 years. State primary education for the village is provided by Dishforth CE School, Topcliffe CE school, or St Peter's Brafferton CE School. Secondary education is at Boroughbridge High School or Thirsk School and Sixth Form College.

Religion

St Mary and All Saints Church Cundall - geograph

St Mary and All Saints' Church, Cundall is a Grade II listed building that was rebuilt in 1854.

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