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North Deighton is located in North Yorkshire
North Deighton
North Deighton
Location within North Yorkshire
Population80 
OS grid referenceSE390516
Civil parish
  • North Deighton
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWETHERBY
Postcode districtLS22
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53°57′34″N 1°24′22″W / 53.95940°N 1.40601°W / 53.95940; -1.40601

North Deighton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is near the A1(M) motorway and the A168 road and is 1.9 miles (3 km) north-west of Wetherby.[1] The B6164 road runs through the village between Knaresborough and Wetherby with a minor road heading south-west towards Spofforth.[2]

The population of the civil parish was estimated by North Yorkshire County Council at 80 in 2014.[3]

History

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Along with neighbouring Kirk Deighton, the village is mentioned in the Domesday Book.[4] Its name derives from a mixture of Old English and Old Norse—Kirkja dīc tūn which means a church, a defensive trench or ditch and a farmstead or village.[5]

Until 1866, when the civil parish was formed, the village was part of the parish of Kirk Deighton.[6] Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.[7] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

To the east of the village is Howe Hill, which is a former Motte-and-bailey castle from around the time of the Norman Conquest.[8] It is also thought to be one of the burial sites of dead soldiers from the Battle of Marston Moor.[9] The area was formerly part of the Royal Forest of Knaresborough (a medieval hunting park) and also part of the Ribston Estate.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "289" (Map). Leeds. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319244869.
  2. ^ North Deighton CACA 2011, p. 6.
  3. ^ "Rural Rate Relief" (PDF). harrogate.gov.uk. p. 4. Retrieved 27 November 2017. In the 2011 Census the population was not counted separately, but included in the civil parish of Little Ribston.
  4. ^ Powell-Smith, Anna. "[Kirk and North] Deighton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  5. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 141. OCLC 1228215388.
  6. ^ "North Deighton Tn/CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  7. ^ "History of North Deighton, in Harrogate and West Riding". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  8. ^ Historic England. "Howe Hill motte and bailey castle (1015541)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  9. ^ North Deighton CACA 2011, p. 3.
  10. ^ "Plompton and South Knaresborough Arable Land" (PDF). harrogate.gov.uk. February 2004. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 27 November 2017.

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