North Stainley is a village in the county of

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, England north of

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part of the

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, it is the closest settlement to the theme park

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which is to the south.

History

North Stainley is derived jointly from Old English and Old Norse and means a stone clearing. The village is mentioned in the

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with 15 ploughlands and belonging to the

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. The name of the village derives from the

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of ''Stān lēah'', which means a ''stone wood or clearing''. North Stainley is on the south bank of the River Ure, and was in the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974, when it was moved into North Yorkshire. It was formerly in the

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of Claro, and the Liberty of Ripon. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the

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, it is now administered by the unitary

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. The population of the parish in the 2001 census was 604, rising to 737 at the 2011 Census. In 2015,

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estimated the population of the parish to be 760. The parish includes the hamlet of Sleningford. The village is cut through by the

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between Ripon and Leyburn. It has a school, North Stainley Church of England Primary School, which is rated as being ''Requires Improvement'' by

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and a church, St Mary the Virgin. The church was built in 1840 by the Staveley family, who owned the manor and built the Manor House in the 16th century. The pub in the village is called ''The Staveley Arms.'' Since 1983, the parish has been part of the Skipton and Ripon Parliamentary constituency.

References

External links

North Stainley village website
{{authority control Villages in North Yorkshire