Hambleton District

Coordinates: 54°20′02″N 1°25′44″W / 54.334°N 1.429°W / 54.334; -1.429
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Not to be confused with Hambledon (disambiguation).

54°20′02″N 1°25′44″W / 54.334°N 1.429°W / 54.334; -1.429

Hambleton District
District
Council Offices, Northallerton
Council Offices, Northallerton
UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code36UC (ONS)
E07000164 (GSS)
Ethnicity99.2% White
Websitewww.hambleton.gov.uk

Hambleton was a local government district in North Yorkshire, England. The administrative centre was Northallerton, and the district included the outlying towns and villages of Bedale, Thirsk, Great Ayton, Stokesley, and Easingwold.

The district was formed by the

Urban District, Bedale Rural District, Easingwold Rural District, Northallerton Rural District, and parts of Thirsk Rural District, Stokesley Rural District and Croft Rural District, all in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It was subsumed into the new unitary authority of North Yorkshire Council
on 1 April 2023.

Geography

Hambleton covered an area of

Biodiversity Action Plan
. About 75% of the district was in the
North York Moors National Park and just over 1% was in the York green belt zone.[2]

Towns

The Kilburn White Horse

Towns that were in the district are listed below. Northallerton housed the headquarters of Hambleton District Council.[3] The district was also the location of 17 wards and 177 parishes.[4]

District Council

See also: Hambleton District Council elections
Party Councillors
Conservative 24
Independent
 2
Labour 1
Liberal Democrats 1

Abolition

In July 2021 the

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced that in April 2023, the non-metropolitan county would be reorganised into a unitary authority. Hambleton District Council was abolished and its functions were transferred to a new single authority for the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire.[5][6]

Demographics

Northallerton
Thirsk

In 2007 Hambleton had an estimated population of 86,900 an increase of 3.2% on the population of 84,200 recorded in the

2001 UK census.[7] In the 2001 census 83% of respondents identified their religion as Christians above the national average for England which was 71.74%. No other religion accounted for more than 0.2% of the population; the next two largest groups of respondents were those with no religion, at 10.40%, and those who did not state a religion, at 6.14%.[8]

References

  1. ^ United Kingdom Census 2001 (2001). "Hambleton (Local Authority): Key Figures for Physical Environment". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Hambleton, New Local Plan for (October 2016). "Hambleton Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (Oct 2016)" (PDF). www.hambleton.gov.uk. Hambleton District Council. p. 10. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Contact us | Hambleton District Council". www.hambleton.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Hambleton". ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Next steps for new unitary councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  6. North Yorkshire County Council
    . Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  7. ^ Performance, Research & Intelligence Team Chief Executive's Group (2007). "Population Estimates 2007 Parish". Page 5. North Yorkshire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
  8. ^ United Kingdom Census 2001 (2001). "Hambleton (Local Authority)". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

Further reading

  • Golisti K.O.M. (1998) Hambleton and its History. Ashdown Products.
    ISBN 0952195054

External links

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