Place:Arrathorne, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameArrathorne
Alt namesArrathornesource: from redirect
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates54.3348°N 1.6922°W
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
North Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoPatrick Brompton, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish of which it was a township
Hang West Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandearly county division in which it was located
Leyburn Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district 1894-1974
Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Englanddistrict municipality in which it has been situated since 1974
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Arrathorne (#2 on map) is now a civil parish and a village in the Richmondshire District of North Yorkshire, England. The settlement is 6 miles (9 km) south of Richmond, 6 miles (9 km) northwest of Bedale and 6 miles (9 km) east of Leyburn.

Arrathorne, according to the 2001 UK census, had a population of 61. The population in 2011 census was 90 with an estimated population of the same number in 2015. The nearest bus stop is in Hunton, just over a mile away. The nearest national rail station is on the East Coast Main Line in Northallerton 11 miles (18 km) away.

There is one recorded descriptive gazetteer entry, in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles,

"Arrathorne, township, North-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles NE. of Leyburn, 671 ac., pop. 62."

Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Arrathorne was located in the Leyburn Rural District. In the early part of the 19th century, it was located in the ecclesiastical parish of Patrick Brompton in the Hang West Wapentake. However, it is now part of the parish of Hornby (near Catterick).

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