Rudby is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
, from the 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 ...
in the county of
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in Northern England.The Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas of City of York, York and North Yorkshire (district), North Yorkshire are in Yorkshire and t ...
, England.
From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of
Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary
North Yorkshire Council
North Yorkshire Council, known between 1974 and 2023 as North Yorkshire County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire, England. Since 2023 the council has been a unitary authority, being a county coun ...
.
Geography
It is adjoined to another village called
Hutton Rudby and it lies on the
River Leven.
The parishes of
Hutton Rudby,
Middleton on Leven, Rudby and
Skutterskelfe, since 2016, combined are part of the Rudby neighbourhood planning area.
Governance
An
electoral ward
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected t ...
in the same name exists. This ward stretches east to
Appleton Wiske
Appleton Wiske is a small village and civil parish that sits between Northallerton and Yarm in the Vale of York, a flat tract of land that runs between the North Yorkshire Moors to the east, the Yorkshire Dales to the west and the River Tees ...
and has a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 3,521.
Gallery
File:Coul Beck joining the River Leven.jpg, Coul Beck joining the River Leven just upstream from Rudby
File:Sexhow Park Farm - geograph.org.uk - 108362.jpg, Sexhow Park Farm
References
External links
Villages in North Yorkshire
Civil parishes in North Yorkshire
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