Tunstall, North Yorkshire
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Tunstall is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of
History
Tunstall was mentioned in the
In 1870-72 John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tunstall as:
"a township-chapelry in Catterick parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 3 miles S of Catterick-Bridge r. station. Post town, Catterick. Acres, 1,262. Real property, £2,139. Pop., 293. Houses, 66. The living is annexed to Catterick. The church was built in 1847. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a slightly endowed school."
Governance
The village lies within the Richmond (Yorks) parliamentary constituency, which is under the control of the Conservative Party. The current Member of Parliament, since the 2015 general election, is Rishi Sunak. Tunstall also lies within the Scotton ward of Richmondshire District Council.[2]
Community and culture
The church was built in 1846 as a chapel of ease to St Michael and All Angels in neighbouring
References
- Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Scotton ward map" (PDF). Richmondshire District Council. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Tunstall: Holy Trinity". achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Parishes: Catterick". british-history.ac.uk/. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of the Holy Trinity (Grade II) (1157457)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Bay Horse, Tunstall". whatpub.com. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
External links
Media related to Tunstall, North Yorkshire at Wikimedia Commons