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| Name | East Witton |
| Alt names | East Witton Within | source: township in parish | | East Witton Town | source: another name for above | | East Witton Without | source: township in parish | | East Witton Out | source: another name for above | | Braithwaite | source: hamlet in East Witton Within | | Coverbridge | source: hamlet in East Witton Without | | Ulshaw Bridge | source: hamlet in East Witton Without |
| Type | Ancient parish, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 54.27°N 1.779°W |
| Located in | North Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974) |
| Also located in | Yorkshire, England | | North Yorkshire, England (1974 - ) |
| See also | Hang West Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | wapentake in which it was locatedwapentake in which it was located | | Leyburn Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | rural district of which the parish was a part 1894-1974 | | Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England | district municipality in which it has been situated since 1974 |
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
East Witton is now a civil parish and a village in Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England. It lies south of Leyburn, in the Richmondshire District. The village lies at the edge of Jervaulx Abbey park and the valley of Coverdale is to the immediate west.
Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, East Witton was located in Leyburn Rural District. Historically, it was an ancient and ecclesiastical parish in the Hang West Wapentake.
The parish of East Witton was historically divided into the townships of East Witton Within (#14 on map) or East Witton Town (the village and Braithwaite) and East Witton Without (#13 on map) or East Witton Out (which included Jervaulx Park, Witton Moor and Colsterdale). The townships became separate civil parishes in 1866. In 1886 Colsterdale (#9) was transferred from East Witton Without to Healey with Sutton (not on map), and became a separate civil parish in 1894. Until 1934 the parish also shared the uninhabited Masham Moor with the ancient parish of Masham. In 1934 the moor was divided between the civil parishes of Colsterdale, Healey and Ilton cum Pott. (The parish of West Witton (#33) was much further to the west,)
In 1974 the parishes of East Witton Within and East Witton Without were transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire. In 2002 the two parishes were abolished to create the new combined parish of East Witton.
The population of the parish at the 2001 UK census was 258, which had dropped to 246 by the time of the 2011 UK census. North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population at 240 in 2015.
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A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of East Witton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "WITTON (East), a village and a parish in Leyburn [registration] district, [North Riding of] Yorkshire. The village stands 3½ miles SE of Leyburn [railway] station; and has a post-office under Bedale, and fairs on 3 May and 20 Nov. The parish comprises the townships of [East Witton] Within and [East Witton] Without; and the latter township contains 7 hamlets. Acres: 4,280 and 3,450. Real property: £2,536 and £3,623. Population: 326 and 295. Houses: 78 and 60. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Ailesbury. A ruined ancient monastery is here, and has been noticed in our article Jervaux. A large brewery is at Coverbridge; a lead mine is at Braithwaite; and excellent free stone quarries are in the neighbourhood. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value: £93. Patron: the Marquis of Ailesbury [Aylesbury]. The church was built in 1812. A school house at Colsterdale is used as a chapel of ease. There are also partially endowed schools and charities £20."
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