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Name | Arrathorne |
Alt names | Arrathorne | source: from redirect |
Type | Township, Civil parish |
Coordinates | 54.3348°N 1.6922°W |
Located in | North Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974) |
Also located in | Yorkshire, England | | North Yorkshire, England (1974 - ) |
See also | Patrick Brompton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | ancient parish of which it was a township | | Hang West Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | early county division in which it was located | | Leyburn Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | rural district 1894-1974 | | Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, England | district municipality in which it has been situated since 1974 |
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
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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