North Stainley
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North Stainley is a village in the
Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Ripon.[2] Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is the closest settlement to the theme park Lightwater Valley which is 0.62 miles (1 km) to the south.[3]
History
North Stainley is derived jointly from Old English and Old Norse and means a stone clearing.
The population of the parish in the
North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population of the parish to be 760. The parish includes the hamlet of Sleningford.[9]
The village is cut through by the A6108 road between Ripon and Leyburn.[10][11] It has a school, North Stainley Church of England Primary School, which is rated as being Requires Improvement by Ofsted[12] and a church, St Mary the Virgin.[13] The church was built in 1840 by the Staveley family, who owned the manor and built the Manor House in the 16th century.[14][15] The pub in the village is called The Staveley Arms.[16]
Since 1983, the parish has been part of the Skipton and Ripon Parliamentary constituency.[17]
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "History of North Stainley, in Harrogate and West Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ISBN 9780319261972.
- OCLC 400936.
- ^ "[North] Stainley | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
- ^ "Genuki: In 1822, the following places were in the Parish of Ripon:, Yorkshire (West Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – North Stainley with Sleningford Parish (36UD099)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Quarry chiefs want extra 98 acres". The Yorkshire Post. 13 October 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ISBN 9780319245514.
- ^ "North Stainley Church of England Primary School URN: 121578". November 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ "North Stainley St Mary the Virgin". explorechurches.org. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ISBN 0-14-071017-5.
- ^ Dale, Sharon (16 January 2012). "Hall or nothing for Robert". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ISBN 9780091958084.
- ^ "History of North Stainley, in Harrogate and West Riding | Historical administrative units and statistics". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
External links
Media related to North Stainley at Wikimedia Commons