Arkle Town

Arkle Town
Arkle Town
	Looking past Raw Bank to Arkle Town in the middle distance with Langthwaite behind
OS grid reference	NZ006024
District	Richmondshire;
Shire county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
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	Richmond;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire

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

^ Batty, Margaret (1982) A View of Akengarthdale. Teesdale Mercury Press. Page 4.
^ Batty. pp 14.

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[1] Batty, Margaret (1982) A View of Akengarthdale. Teesdale Mercury Press. Page 4.

[2] Batty. pp 14.

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