Eshton is a small village and

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in the county of

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, England. At the 2011 Census the population was less than 100 and is included in the civil parish of Flasby with Winterburn. In 2015,

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estimated the population to be 70. It is in the

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and about south of

Grassington Grassington is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was 1,126. The village is situated in Wharfedale, about north-west from Bolton Abbey, and is surrou ...

. Until 1974 it was part of the

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. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Craven, it is now administered by the unitary

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. Eshton Hall is a large grade II* listed country house, built in 1825–7 by architect George Webster of Kendal in an Elizabethan revival style for Matthew Wilson.

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