Stockton-on-the-Forest is a village and

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in the

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of the

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, England.

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 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...

'' as ''Stocthun'' in the ''Bulford hundred''. After the Norman invasion the land was shared between '' Count Alan (of Brittany)'' and '' Canons of York (St Peter)''. The village is home to ''Stockton Hall'', once owned by Hall Plumer, esq in 1820 and built as a country house. It is now a secure unit for mentally ill patients operated by the

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. The hall is a brick built three-storey building with a five-bay frontage and is grade II listed. It was acquired by barrister George Lloyd of

Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...

, from whom it passed to his daughter Miss Alicia Maria Lloyd. She left it in 1892 to her nephew George William Lloyd. The village was historically part of the

North Riding of Yorkshire The North Riding of Yorkshire was a subdivision of Yorkshire, England, alongside York, the East Riding and West Riding. The riding's highest point was at Mickle Fell at . From the Restoration it was used as a lieutenancy area, having b ...

until 1974. It was then a part of the district of

Ryedale Ryedale was a non-metropolitan district in North Yorkshire, England. It was in the Vale of Pickering, a low-lying flat area of land drained by the River Derwent, Yorkshire, River Derwent. The Vale's landscape is rural with scattered villages ...

from 1974 until 1996. Since 1996 it has been part of the City of York unitary authority.

Governance

The village lies within the York Outer UK Parliament constituency. It also lies within the

Strensall Strensall is a village in the Strensall with Towthorpe civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England, on the River Foss north of York and north-east of Haxby. In 2001 the parish had a population of 3,81 ...

electoral ward of City of York Council.

Geography

Stockton-on-the-Forest is located to the east of the

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and the

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of the A64 and the A1036. To the east there are the villages of Upper Helmsley and

Sand Hutton Sand Hutton is a village and civil parish which forms the larger part of the Claxton and Sand Hutton grouped parish council, in North Yorkshire, England, about north-east of York. History The village is mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'' as ...

and to the south the villages of

Warthill Warthill is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, six miles north-east of York and 14 miles south-west of Malton. The village has one public house, ''The Agar Arms'', and a Church of England primary school (established in 1 ...

Holtby Holtby is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 166. It lies close to the A166 about east of York. History The village is mentioned ...

and Murton. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,261, reducing to 1,214 at the 2011 Census. Stockton-on-the-Forest is a good example of a

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, as it follows only one main road (''Stockton Lane/Sandy Lane'') for approximately , branching out only near the west end. Many of the houses along the main road do not have house numbers but individual names many with references to agriculture, local features or mysticism.

Religion

Stockton-on-the-Forest is served by one church, the Anglican Holy Trinity Church that was rebuilt in 1843. In 2012 the churches of Stockton-on-the-Forest,

and

joined with

Dunnington Dunnington is a village and civil parish in the City of York and ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 3,230 at the 2011 census. The village is approximately east from York city centre. The par ...

church to form Rural East York. The Methodist Chapel was closed in May 2010 and subsequently demolished to make way for residential property.

Amenities

The village has a local pub, called ''The Fox''. A Scout group has operated in the village since 2000, consisting of a Beaver Colony, Cub Pack and Scout Troop. The village also has a village hall. ''Forest Park'' Golf Club stretches between the village and the A64 road. The ''Snowball Plantation'' woodland area and Scout park is situated on the eastern end of the village.

Education

Stockton-on-the-Forest has a primary school for local residents accommodating approximately 100 pupils. The village lies within the catchment area of Huntington School, a secondary school located in nearby Huntington.

Transport

Stockton-on-the-Forest is currently served by bus operator Coastliner that links the village with the cities of Leeds and York as well as the east coast of Yorkshire via Malton. The A64 is located nearby, a major connecting road in the region. The village was served by

Warthill railway station Warthill railway station was a station on the York to Beverley Line. It opened as Stockton station in 1847–8, was renamed to Stockton Forest (later Stockton-on-the-Forest) in 1867; in 1872 it became Warthill station. The station closed in 195 ...

on the

York to Beverley Line York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...

between 1847 and 1959.

References

External links

Stockton on the Forest & Hopgrove Community Website

Stockton Hall website

Stockton-on-the-Forest Primary School website
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