Langthorpe

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Langthorpe
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Skelton Road, Langthorpe
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Langthorpe
Location within North Yorkshire
Population812 (2011 Census) [1]
OS grid reference SE390674
Civil parish
  • Langthorpe
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town YORK
Postcode district YO51
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
UK Parliament
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54°06′04″N1°24′15″W / 54.10122°N 1.40419°W / 54.10122; -1.40419

Langthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 812. [1] It is situated to the immediate north of Boroughbridge on the A168 road.

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History

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Torp in the Hallikeld hundred. The lands were the possession of Gospatric, son of Arnketil both before and after the Norman invasion. [2]

There was a brewery, Warwick's Anchor Brewery, in the village, but now disused. [3]

Governance

The village lies within the Skipton and Ripon UK Parliament constituency. It is also within the Boroughbridge electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council and the Newby ward of Harrogate Borough District Council. [4]

Geography

The old brewery at Langthorpe, beside the River Ure, now converted into housing The old brewery at Langthorpe.jpg
The old brewery at Langthorpe, beside the River Ure, now converted into housing

The nearest settlements are Boroughbridge 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the south; Milby 0.8 miles (1.3 km) to the north-east; Kirby-on-the-Moor 0.7 miles (1.1 km) to the north and Skelton-on-Ure 1.9 miles (3.1 km) to the west. [4]

The 2001 UK Census recorded the parish population as 774 of which 638 are over sixteen years old and 412 of those were in employment. There were 327 dwellings of which 122 were detached. [5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Langthorpe Parish (E04007373)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  2. ↑ Langthorpe in the Domesday Book . Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Brewery" (PDF). Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  4. 1 2 "OpenData support | OS Tools & Support".
  5. ↑ "2001 UK Census" . Retrieved 1 January 2013.

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