Simonstone, North Yorkshire

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Simonstone
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Simonstone
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference SD871914
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Hawes
Postcode district DL8
Police North Yorkshire
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54°19′08″N2°11′54″W / 54.318880°N 2.198430°W / 54.318880; -2.198430

Simonstone is a hamlet near Hawes and Hardraw Force within the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. [1] The name is first recorded in 1301 as deriving from Sigemund's Rock. [2]

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

References

  1. Chrystal, Paul (2017). The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales (1 ed.). Catrine: Stenlake. p. 73. ISBN   9781840337532.
  2. Smith, A. H. (1979) [1928]. The Place Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire. English Place Name Society. p. 260. OCLC   19714705.