Aldfield

Aldfield

Aldfield
Aldfield
 Aldfield shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE263693
DistrictHarrogate
Shire countyNorth Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town RIPON
Postcode district HG4
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK ParliamentSkipton and Ripon
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Coordinates: 54°07′12″N 1°35′53″W / 54.120°N 01.598°W / 54.120; -01.598

Aldfield is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England, about three miles west of Ripon.[1][2] It is the closest village to Fountains Abbey. The population of the parish was estimated at 80 in 2013.[3]

Aldfield was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086.[4]

Historically, the village lay in the Claro Wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was transferred to North Yorkshire in 1974.

References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 99 Northallerton & Ripon (Pateley Bridge & Leyburn) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319231593.
  2. ↑ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2016. In the 2011 census the population was included in the civil parish of Grantley."Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Professor J.J.N.Palmer. "Open Doomsday: Aldfield". www.opendomesday.org. Anna Powell-Smith. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

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