Middlethorpe is a hamlet in the

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Bishopthorpe Bishopthorpe is a village and civil parish three miles south of York in the City of York Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area and ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Bishopthorpe is ...

, in the

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area of

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, in

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, England. The village was made a

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in 1975. Middlethorpe Hall dates from 1699 and Middlethorpe Manor from about 1700. Middlethorpe was formerly a

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in the parish of St. Mary-Bishopshill-Senior, in 1866 Middlethorpe became a separate civil parish, in 1894 the parish was abolished and split to form Middlethorpe Within from the part in the County Borough of York and Middlethorpe Without from the

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part. In 1891 the parish had a population of 128.

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Hamlets in North Yorkshire Villages in the City of York Former civil parishes in North Yorkshire {{York-geo-stub