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Coverham With Agglethorpe
Coverham with Agglethorpe is a civil parish in Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It includes the villages of Coverham and Agglethorpe Agglethorpe is a hamlet in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England, it lies in northern Coverdale, approximately south west of Leyburn. History In 1086 it was recorded as Aculestorp in the ''Domesday Book.'' In 1870–72 Joh .... The population of the civil parish was estimated at 90 in 2015. In the 2011 census the population of the parish was included with the parish of Melmerby and not counted separately. References Civil parishes in North Yorkshire Coverdale (dale) {{richmondshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts of England, districts and metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England, counties, or their combined form, the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of Parish (Church of England), ecclesiastical parishes, which historically played a role in both secular and religious administration. Civil and religious parishes were formally differentiated in the 19th century and are now entirely separate. Civil parishes in their modern form came into being through the Local Government Act 1894, which established elected Parish councils in England, parish councils to take on the secular functions of the vestry, parish vestry. A civil parish can range in size from a sparsely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmondshire
{{Infobox settlement , name = Richmondshire District , type = District , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_blank_emblem= Richmondshire arms.png , blank_emblem_type = Coat of arms , image_map = Richmondshire UK locator map.svg , map_caption = Shown within North Yorkshire , mapsize = frameless , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = United Kingdom , subdivision_type1 = Constituent country , subdivision_name1 = England , subdivision_type2 = Region , subdivision_name2 = Yorkshire and the Humber , subdivision_type3 = Administrative county , subdivision_name3 = North Yorkshire , seat_type = Admin. HQ , seat = Richmond , government_type = Richmondshire District Council , leader_title = Leadership: , leader_name = Alternative – Sec.31 , leader_title1 = Executive: , leader_name1 = {{English district cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by national parks, including most of the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors. It is one of four counties in England to hold the name Yorkshire; the three other counties are the East Riding of Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. North Yorkshire may also refer to a non-metropolitan county, which covers most of the ceremonial county's area () and population (a mid-2016 estimate by the ONS of 602,300), and is administered by North Yorkshire County Council. The non-metropolitan county does not include four areas of the ceremonial county: the City of York, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and the southern part of the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, which are all administered by unitary authorities. The non-metropolitan county and the City of York are within the Yorkshire and the Humber region. Middlesbrough, Redcar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coverham
Coverham is a village in Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. It lies west of the town of Middleham. History Coverham was mentioned in Domesday Book in 1086, when it was held by Count Alan of Brittany. It became the centre of a large parish in the Honour of Richmond in the North Riding of Yorkshire, which included the townships of Coverham with Agglethorpe, Caldbergh with East Scrafton, Carlton Highdale, Carlton Town, Melmerby and West Scrafton. All these townships became separate civil parishes in 1866. In the 2011 Census, Coverham village was included in the Parish of Melmerby, which had 213 people in it. In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated that the population of Coverham with Agglethorpe was 90. Notable buildings The ruins of the Grade I listed Coverham Abbey are in the village; the site has no access to the public. Holy Trinity Church dates from the 13th century and became redundant in 1985. It is a Grade II* listed bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agglethorpe
Agglethorpe is a hamlet in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England, it lies in northern Coverdale, approximately south west of Leyburn. History In 1086 it was recorded as Aculestorp in the ''Domesday Book.'' In 1870–72 John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Agglethorpe as:"A joint township with Coverham, in Coverham parish, W. R. Yorkshire".The Grade II listed building of Agglethorpe Hall was built in the 17th century. Governance The hamlet lies within the Richmond (Yorks) parliamentary constituency, which is under the control of the Conservative Party. The current Member of Parliament, since the 2015 general election, is Rishi Sunak. Agglethorpe also lies within the Middleham ward of Richmondshire {{Infobox settlement , name = Richmondshire District , type = District , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_blank_emblem= Richmondshire arms.png , blan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melmerby, Richmondshire
Melmerby is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales about south-west of Leyburn. Its neighbours are the villages of Carlton and Agglethorpe. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 40 in 2015. In the 2011 census the population of the parish was included with Caldbergh with East Scrafton and Coverham with Agglethorpe parishes and not counted separately. Melmerby was mentioned in the Domesday Book. The name is Old Norse, meaning "Melmor's farmstead": the personal name Melmor is a Scandinavian borrowing from the Old Irish personal name Máel Muire. Melmerby was historically a township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ... in the large ancient parish of Coverha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Parishes In North Yorkshire
This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England, including Stockton-on-Tees (south of the river). There are 773 civil parishes, most of the county being parished. Unparished areas include the former Harrogate Municipal Borough, except for Pannal and Burn Bridge, parts of the former Teesside County Borough, part of the former Scarborough Municipal Borough and the former York County Borough. For the part of the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees north of the River Tees, see List of civil parishes in County Durham. Population figures are unavailable for some of the smallest parishes. See also * List of civil parishes in England References External links Office for National Statistics : Geographical Area Listings {{North Yorkshire North Yorkshire Civil parishes In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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