Easington is a village in the

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of Loftus, in the

Redcar and Cleveland Redcar and Cleveland is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Its council has been a unitary authority since 1996. The borough was created in 1974 as Langbaurgh, and was one of four ...

district, in the ceremonial county of

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, England and is part of the

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. The village is situated on the

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, east of Loftus, east of

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, and north-west of

Whitby Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is on the Yorkshire Coast at the mouth of the River Esk, North Yorkshire, River Esk and has a maritime, mineral and tourist economy. From the Middle Ages, Whitby ...

Demographics

Before being abolished in 1951, the civil parish had a population of 411. At the 2011 census, the village had increased to a population of 923.

History

The village is mentioned in the

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as belonging to Earl Hugh of Chester and having 34 ploughlands. The village name derives from the

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''Esa-ingtūn''; literally the farm or settlement of ''Esa's people''. Historically, the name has been spelled as ''Esingeton'' and ''Esington''.

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part of the

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, the village was transferred to the new county of Cleveland in 1974. Cleveland was returned to North Yorkshire in 1996. The village is in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland. Originally, the estate of ''Easington and Boulby'' had its manorhouse at the eastern end of the village. In 1799, a new estate was purchased to the south, and a new manorhouse, in what is now Grinkle Park, was built in 1802. The old manorhouse had a moat built somewhere between 1250 and 1350. The site is now part of a working farm, but it remains a scheduled ancient monument. On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished and merged with Loftus. All Saints Church, a Grade II

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, was built in 1888–89 by

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in Decorated style, largely with bequests from the Palmer family of Grinkle Park, and incorporated fragments and remains of the previous church. The side chapel and several of the furnishings are by 'Mousey' Thompson of Kilburn. The

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, the Tiger Inn, was previously a building of the same name at the opposite end of the village. A railway station on the Whitby, Redcar, and Middlesbrough Union Railway opened in 1883 as Easington. Its name was changed to Grinkle after the local house and seat of the Palmer Baronets of Grinkle Park in 1904. The renaming avoided confusion with the station at

Easington, County Durham Easington, also known as Easington Village, is a village and civil parish in eastern County Durham, England. It is located at the junction of the A182 and B1283, leading north-west to Hetton-le-Hole and south east to Horden. It is near the ...

, also on the North Eastern Railway. The station closed on the eve of the Second World War and never reopened although the line remains a freight-only railway to

Boulby Mine The Boulby Mine is an underground mining operation with surface facilities located just south-east of the village of Boulby, on the north-east coast of the North York Moors, east of Loftus, North Yorkshire. It is operated by Cleveland Potash L ...

. The village will be on the route that cyclists will race through on the 1st stage of the 2020 Tour de Yorkshire. The stage will start in

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, making its way up the

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before finishing in

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Palmer Baronets

The

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, of Grinkle Park in the County of York and of Newcastle upon Tyne, were created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 31 July 1886 for Charles Palmer, a coal and shipping magnate and

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politician.

References

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* {{Authority control Places in the Tees Valley Villages in North Yorkshire Former civil parishes in North Yorkshire Loftus, North Yorkshire