Ingleby Arncliffe is a village and

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, England. It is situated between the A172 and A19 roads, north-east from

Northallerton Northallerton ( ) is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the River Wiske in the Vale of Mowbray and had a population of 16,832 in 2011. Northallerton is an administrative centre for York and North Yorkshire ...

and south-east from the small market town of

Stokesley Stokesley is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It lies within the Historic counties of England, historic county boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, on the River Leven, North Yorkshire, River Leven. An Wards and ...

, and is on the edge of the

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National Park. The village is conjoined to its smaller neighbour, ''Ingleby Cross''. Ingleby Arncliffe lies in the historic county of the North Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of

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, it is now administered by the unitary

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History

According to ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', Ingleby is derived from the Old Scandinavian "Englar + by", meaning "farmstead or village of the Englishmen", and Arncliffe,

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"earn + cliff", meaning "eagles' cliff". All Saints' Church, Ingleby Arncliffe is a

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-listed

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church. It dates from 1821 but includes 14th-century

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. The church is situated less than south-east from the centre of the village, and from the church is

Arncliffe Hall Arncliffe Hall is a historic building in Ingleby Arncliffe, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The first Arncliffe Hall was constructed in the late 16th century for William Mauleverer, facing north. From 1753 to 1754, a new hall was con ...

, a Grade I listed house from 1753 to 1754, designed by John Carr, that replaced a 16th-century house of the Mauleverer family. At the centre of the village is the Grade II listed

Ingleby Arncliffe Water Tower Ingleby Arncliffe Water Tower is a historic structure in Ingleby Arncliffe, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The tower was commissioned by Sir Hugh Bell, 2nd Baronet, Sir Hugh Bell, chair of the Tees Valley Water Board. A local story ...

, built in 1915 to supply water to the village. Also in the parish are the Cleveland Tontine, a historic coaching inn, and The Blue Bell Inn, designed by

Walter Brierley Walter Henry Brierley (1862–1926) was a York architect who practised in the city for 40 years. He is known as "the Yorkshire Lutyens" or the "Lutyens of the North". He is also credited with being a leading exponent of the " Wrenaissanc ...

Notable people

* Rev. David Simpson, Anglican priest was born here in 1745

References

External links

* Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire {{Richmondshire-geo-stub