Angram, Muker

For other places named Angram, see Angram (disambiguation).

Angram
Green Lane
Angram Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SD888997
Civil parish	Muker
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RICHMOND
Postcode district	DL11
Dialling code	01748
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Richmond and Northallerton
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°23′35″N2°10′30″W / 54.393°N 2.175°W / 54.393; -2.175

Angram is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in the county of North Yorkshire, England. ^{[1] [2]} It is near Keld to the north and Thwaite to the south. Angram forms part of the civil parish of Muker.

Governance

The hamlet is within the Richmond and Northallerton parliamentary constituency, which is under the control of the Conservative Party. The Member of Parliament since the 2015 general election has been Rishi Sunak.

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Geography

The hamlet is on the B6270 between Thwaite and Keld below Great Shunner Fell and close to a small beck named Skeb Skeugh. The area around this beck, known as Angram Bottoms, has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It is made up of seven fields covering 24.2 acres supporting a diverse habitat of flora. A combination of mire and wet grassland, due to many sinkholes and springs. Plants in the wet grasslands that can be found here include sharp-flowered rush, lesser spearwort, slender tufted-sedge, bottle sedge, common marsh-bedstraw, northern marsh-orchid, marsh-marigold and meadowsweet. Other areas of marsh support marsh lousewort, carnation sedge, flea sedge, star sedge, marsh valerian and marsh violet. ^[3]

References

1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 98 Wensleydale & Upper Wharfedale (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN   9780319231586.
2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
3. "SSSI citation" (PDF). Richmondshire District Council. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

External links

• Angram in the Upper Dales website