Langthorpe is a village and

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 district ...

in the

Harrogate district The Borough of Harrogate is a local government district with borough status in North Yorkshire, England. Its population at the census of 2011 was 157,869. Its council is based in the town of Harrogate, but it also includes surrounding towns ...

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 cou ...

, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 812. It is situated to the immediate north of

Boroughbridge Boroughbridge () is a town and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is north-west of the county town of York. Until a bypass was built the town lay on the mai ...

on the

A168 road The A168 is a major road in North Yorkshire, England. It runs from Northallerton to Wetherby, acting as a local access road for the A1(M). History The majority of it was built during A1 upgrades as parts of it between Dishforth and Walshford a ...

History

The village is mentioned in the ''

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

'' as ''Torp'' in the

Hallikeld Hallikeld was a Wapentake (Hundred), which is an administrative division (or ancient district), in the historic county of the North Riding of Yorkshire. It was one of the smaller wapentakes by area and consisted of seven parishes. History The n ...

hundred. The lands were the possession of ''Gospatric, son of Arnketil'' both before and after the Norman invasion. There was a brewery, Warwick's Anchor Brewery, in the village, but now disused.

Governance

The village lies within the Skipton and Ripon UK Parliament constituency. It is also within the Boroughbridge electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council and the Newby ward of Harrogate Borough District Council.

Geography

The nearest settlements are Boroughbridge to the south;

Milby Milby is a hamlet and civil parish in the Harrogate (borough), Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the immediate north of Boroughbridge. History The Roman roads, Roman road, ''Dere Street'' crossed the River Ure ...

to the north-east; Kirby Hill to the north and

Skelton-on-Ure Skelton-on-Ure or Skelton is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated west of Boroughbridge, near the A1(M) motorway. There is one village pub called The Black Lion, a primary school, a ...

to the west. The 2001 UK Census recorded the parish population as 774 of which 638 are over sixteen years old and 412 of those were in employment. There were 327 dwellings of which 122 were detached.

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