Rillington is a village and
civil parish in the
Ryedale district of
North Yorkshire, England.
Rillington was mentioned in the
Domesday
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 ...
Survey in 1086 and rural life was relatively unchanged until the coming of the railway in 1845
The village has two pubs the Coach and Horses and
The Fleece, both are located next to St Andrew's Church and the A64.
Transport
Rillington is on the
A64 road, approximately east of
Malton and south-west of
Scarborough.
A regular
Yorkshire Coastliner bus service providing connections to Scarborough, Malton, York and Leeds is operated by
Transdev Blazefield.
From 1845 until 1930 the village was served by a
railway station which connected Rillington on the
York to Scarborough Line. Special trains continued until the 1960s, although the station has now been demolished.
Governance
Rillington was
historically
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part of the
East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. Ryedale District Council is the local authority, with Rillington Parish Council.
An
electoral ward
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in the same name exists. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 1,743.
Rillington's Councillor Nathan Garbutt-Moore was elected as Vice-Chairman of Ryedale District Council 2020-22.
Education
The village is served by Rillington Community Primary School. It also falls within the catchment area for
Norton College
Norton College is a mixed secondary school, sixth form and specialist humanities college with academy status in Norton, North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in ...
.
Friends of Rillington School is a registered charity that raises funds for the Primary School.
Infamy
It was after this village that Rillington Place in
Notting Hill west London was named.
References
External links
Villages in North Yorkshire
Civil parishes in North Yorkshire
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