Ingleby Arncliffe is a village and

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in the Hambleton district of

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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 the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Vale of Mowbray and at the northern end of the Vale of York. It had a population of 16,832 in the 2011 census, an increas ...

and south-east from the small market town of Stokesley, 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.

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, Old English "earn + cliff", meaning "eagles' cliff". Ingleby Arncliffe

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listed Anglican church is dedicated to All Saints. It dates from 1821 but includes 14th-century effigies. The church is situated less than south-east from the centre of the village, and from the church is Arncliffe Hall, a Grade I listed house from 1753–54, designed by

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, that replaced a 16th-century house of the Mauleverer family. At the centre of the village is a Grade II listed water tower, built in 1915 to supply water to the village.

Notable people

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

References

External links

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