Markington

Markington is a village in the Harrogate district, in the English county of North Yorkshire. The population of the civil parish (including Markenfield Hall) taken at the 2011 census was 629.^[1] Nearby settlements include the city of Ripon, the town of Harrogate, the village of South Stainley and the hamlet of Ingerthorpe. The A61 is nearby. Markington has a school, post office, village hall, cricket and football pitch, a place of worship, a pub and a camp site.

Markington is the principal settlement in the civil parish of Markington with Wallerthwaite. Wallerthwaite is a deserted medieval village just south of Markington. Markington with Wallerthwaite was historically a township in the parish of Ripon, and became a separate civil parish in 1866. It absorbed the civil parish of Ingerthorpe in 1937.^[2]

References

^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Markington with Wallerthwaite Parish (E04007384)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
^ "Markington With Wallerthwaite CP/Tn". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 8 June 2014.

External links

Markington School

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[1] UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Markington with Wallerthwaite Parish (E04007384)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 June 2019.

[2] "Markington With Wallerthwaite CP/Tn". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 8 June 2014.

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