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Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district of the shire county of North Yorkshire in England. Settlements include Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Norton-on-Derwent, Pickering, and Terrington. Part of Ryedale lies within the North York Moors National Park. The name refers to the River Rye and was previously used for the Rydale wapentake of Yorkshire (note the difference in spelling), that covered roughly the same area. [edit] Modern Local AreaThe current district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of the following urban and rural districts:
[edit] Changes in 1996The district lost about half its population in 1996, when an expanded City of York became a unitary authority. The following parishes were transferred out of Ryedale and into York. |