Simonstone, North Yorkshire

Simonstone
Simonstone
	Countryside around Simonstone
	Simonstone Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SD871914
Civil parish	High Abbotside;
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire;
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Hawes
Postcode district	DL8
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Richmond and Northallerton;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°19′08″N 2°11′54″W / 54.318880°N 2.198430°W

Simonstone is a hamlet near Hawes and Hardraw Force within the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England.^[1] The name is first recorded in 1301 as deriving from Sigemund's Rock.^[2]

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The road heading south from the Buttertubs Pass passes through the hamlet.

References

^ Chrystal, Paul (2017). The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales (1 ed.). Catrine: Stenlake. p. 73. ISBN 9781840337532.
^ Smith, A. H. (1979) [1928]. The Place Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire. English Place Name Society. p. 260. OCLC 19714705.

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