Place:Nether Silton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameNether Silton
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates54.325°N 1.3°W
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
North Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoLeake, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish of which it was part
Allerton Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandwapentake in which it was located
Northallerton Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district of which the civil parish was a part 1894-1974
Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, Englanddistrict municipality in which it has been situated since 1974
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Nether Silton is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It lies 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Northallerton, on the border of the North Yorkshire Moors national park. According to data from the UK Census the population in 2001 was 93.

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A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Nether Silton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"SILTON (Nether), a chapelry in Leake parish, [North Riding of] Yorkshire; 6½ miles E of Northallerton [railway] station. Post town: Thirsk. Real property: £1,702. Population: 178. Houses: 45. The living is annexed to Leake. There is a Wesleyan chapel."

Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Nether Silton was located in Northallerton Rural District. Historically, it was located in the ancient parish of Leake in the Allerton Wapentake. It was in the Northallerton Registration District.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Nether Silton. A formal slightly expanded analysis of the data given in the paragraph above.

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