Hartforth is a small village in the county of
North Yorkshire
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, England. The village is situated approximately south-west from the
market town
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of
Darlington
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, and is part of the
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 ...
of
Gilling with Hartforth and Sedbury
Gilling with Hartforth and Sedbury is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It includes the villages of Gilling West and Hartforth. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 534.
Governance
Gilling West remains the name of the e ...
. The population was 558 at the 2021 census.
From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of
Richmondshire
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, 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 ...
.
Hartforth Hall
Hartforth Hall is a historic building in Hartforth, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
The manor of Hartforth was recorded in the Domesday Book and descended through various families. The current country house was built in 1744, and a n ...
is a Grade II*
listed country house. It was built in 1744 for William Cradock of Gilling, who had bought the manor of Hartforth in 1720. Additions were made in 1792 and c. 1900.
See also
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Listed buildings in Gilling with Hartforth and Sedbury
Gilling with Hartforth and Sedbury is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It contains 96 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for En ...
References
External links
"Whashton, Kirby Hill, Ravensworth, Gilling, Hartforth Census Data and Information" Whashton.net. Retrieved 6 December 2013
Villages in North Yorkshire
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