Moor Monkton is a village and

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in the county of

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, England. It is situated on the

River Nidd The River Nidd is a tributary of the River Ouse in the English county of North Yorkshire. It rises in Nidderdale at Nidd Head Spring on the slopes of Great Whernside. In its first few miles it has been dammed three times, creating Angram Rese ...

and north-west from

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city centre.

History

Moor Monkton is mentioned in the

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of 1086 as a small settlement belonging to ''Richard son of Herfast''. The name of Moor, was added to the name Monkton to distinguish it from Nun Monkton, which is over the other side of the

. The name ''Monkton'', which has been recorded variously as ''Munechatun, Monketon super Moram, Munketun'', and ''Moore Monkton'', means the ''town of the monks''. Historically, the village was in the Wapentake of Ainsty, which meant that it was in the

West Riding of Yorkshire The West Riding of Yorkshire was one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the riding was an administrative county named County of York, West Riding. The Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, lieu ...

. The village is one of the waypoints on the Ainsty Bounds Walk that covers the old boundaries of the Ainsty. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the

Borough of Harrogate The Borough of Harrogate was a local government district with borough status in North Yorkshire, England, from 1974 to 2023. Its council was based in the town of Harrogate, but it also included surrounding settlements, including the cathedral ...

, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The manor of Moor Monkton was originally owned by the Ughtred family from about the 13th century. It has also been owned by the Neville family and the Earls of Salisbury in the 15th century and eventually the Slingsby family. Sir Francis Slingsby bought the estates from the Seymour family about 1560. The original seat for the manor was "Rede House" situated to the west of the village. It was a moated building that had been crenellated in the 14th century by Sir Thomas Ughtred. The modern Red House lies 50m south east of this site and was built around 1607 to replace the old house. The Red House School Chapel in Hall Lane is a Grade II listed building. An early 17th century chapel, that was consecrated in 1618, is a brick built building with a slate roof.

Geography

Geographically, the village is at the end of a road that spurs some north from the

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. The River Nidd is to the immediate north, with the River Ouse to the east. The village used to have a railway link at the railway station on the Harrogate Line, though this station closed in 1958. The nearest railway stations now are at and . Buses call at the crossroads with the A59, south of the village, twice a day, running between Ripon and York.

Demography

Population

Religion

The parish church, dedicated to All Saints, dates in part from the 12th century. It was restored in 1879 by James Fowler, who probably added the

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east window, and one at the south of the

nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...

Notable people

* James Hampton (1721–1778), Rector and author * John Shepherd (1765–1848), jockey * Henry Yeoman (1816–1897), Rector * Cyril Lemprière (1870–1939), head master and rugby player

References

External links

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''Moor Monkton Mercury''
UK individual registrant web site
''Moor Monkton Village Website''
UK individual registrant web site {{authority control Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire