Darley is a linear village in
Nidderdale in the county of
North Yorkshire
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, England. The population as at the
2011 Census is 1,332 and is included in the civil parish of
Darley and Menwith.
The village extends for 1 mile east from a junction with the
B6451 road. The western end of the village is known as Darley Head and the eastern end as The Holme.
Darley has won many local and national '
Britain in Bloom' awards.
Amenities
Darley has two churches, Christ Church (Anglican) and Darley Methodist Church. There are three community halls (Darley Memorial Hall, Christ Church Community Centre and Hookstone Memorial Hall), a playing field, and a combined village store and post office that became a locally run concern in 2016.
At the western end of the village is
Darley Mill, a
grade II listed 17th-century
corn mill. It formerly housed a restaurant and retail units, but these closed in 2016 after the business were not deemed viable. Nearby is Darley's only pub, the Wellington Inn.
Darley used to have a
railway station
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on the
Nidd Valley Railway, but this was closed in 1951. The village is served by hourly buses of
Harrogate Bus Company (route 24) between
Harrogate
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and
Pateley Bridge.
Civil parish
Darley is the only village in the
civil parish
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of Darley and Menwith, until 2013 known as Menwith with Darley. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 1,332.
Apart from the village, the parish consists of scattered farms and houses to the south west of the village, and includes the northern part of
RAF Menwith Hill. There is no settlement of Menwith, although the name was first recorded in 1230. Menwith is derived from the
Old English
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''mǣne'' "common" and the
Old Norse
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''viðr'' "wood", and refers to the "common wood" of Darley.
The parish of Menwith with Darley was historically a township in the parish of
Hampsthwaite, in the
West Riding of Yorkshire
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. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. It was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire in 1974.
From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the
Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary
North Yorkshire Council.
See also
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Listed buildings in Darley and Menwith
References
External links
Village websiteDarley Christ ChurchDarley Mill - a restored watermill in the villageDays out North Yorkshire
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Villages in North Yorkshire
Nidderdale