Arkle Town
Appearance
Arkle Town | |
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![]() Looking past Raw Bank to Arkle Town in the middle distance with Langthwaite behind | |
Location within North Yorkshire | |
OS grid reference | NZ006024 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | RICHMOND |
Postcode district | DL11 |
Dialling code | 01748 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
Arkle Town is a hamlet adjoining Langthwaite in Arkengarthdale in the Richmondshire district of, North Yorkshire, England. Arkel is a Norse personal name and probably arrived with settlers during the tenth century.[1] Formerly it had a parish church, inn and workhouse. Now there are none of these though the graveyard can still be traced.
The 1851 census counted 41 houses in Arkle Town.[2]
References
External links
Media related to Arkle Town at Wikimedia Commons