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| Name | Redmire |
| Alt names | Redmire | source: from redirect |
| Type | Chapelry, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 54.3168°N 1.9327°W |
| Located in | North Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974) |
| Also located in | Yorkshire, England | | North Yorkshire, England (1974 - ) |
| See also | Wensley, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | ancient parish of which it was a chapelry | | 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 of which the parish was a part 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
Redmire (#27 on map) is now a civil parish and a village in the Richmondshire District of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Leyburn in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales. In the UK census of 2011 it had a population of 384 including the inhabitants of neighbouring Castle Bolton which numbered less that 100. [This is Office of National Statistics standard practice for dealing with parishes of this size.]
Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Redmire was located in Leyburn Rural District. Historically, it was located in the ecclesiastical parish of Wensley in the Hang West Wapentake.
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).
- "REDMIRE, a township-chapelry, with a small village, in Wensley parish, [North Riding of] Yorkshire; on the river Ure, 4¾ miles W of Leyburn [railway] station. Post-town, Leyburn, under Bedale. Acres: 2,219. Real property: £2,668; of which £50 are in mines. Population: 440. Houses: 83. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Lord Bolton. Coal is found; lead was formerly mined; and there is a strong sulphurous spring. The living is a [perpetual] curacy, united with the chapelry of Bolton, in the diocese of Ripon. Value: £115. Patron: the Rector of Wensley. The church has a Norman doorway. There is an endowed school with £19 a year."
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