Place:Carthorpe, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Name	Carthorpe
Type	Township, Civil parish
Coordinates	54.249°N 1.526°W
Located in	North Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974)
Also located in	North Yorkshire, England (1974 - )
	Yorkshire, England
See also	Burneston (near Bedale), North Riding of Yorkshire, England	ancient parish in which it was a township
	Hallikeld Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, England	early county division in which it was located
	Bedale Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, England	rural district 1894-1974
	Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England	municipal district of which it has been a part since 1974

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Carthorpe (#6 on map) is now a civil parish and a village in the in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It is located about 4 miles south of Bedale. In the 2011 UK census the population was reported as 258 including that of the neighbouring parish of Swainby with Allerthorpe (#24)which contributed less that 100 inhabitants.

The following description from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 is provided by the website A Vision of Britain Through Time (University of Portsmouth Department of Geography).

"CARTHORPE, a township in Burneston parish, [North Riding of] Yorkshire; near the river Swale, 4½ miles SE of Bedale. Acres: 2,055. Real property: £2,401. Population: 347. Houses: 81. There is a Wesleyan chapel."

Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Carthorpe was part of Bedale Rural District. Historically, it was located in the ancient and ecclesiastical parish of Burneston in the wapentake of Hallikeld.

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GENUKI on Carthorpe. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
A Vision of Britain through Time on Carthorpe.
The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Burneston provides a list of useful resources for the local area.

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Categories: North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Carthorpe, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Burneston (near Bedale), North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Hallikeld Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Bedale Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England