Population 812 (2011) Civil parish Langthorpe Sovereign state United Kingdom Shire county North Yorkshire UK parliament constituency Skipton and Ripon | OS grid reference SE390674 Country England Local time Sunday 2:02 PM District Borough of Harrogate | |
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Region Yorkshire and the Humber Weather 14°C, Wind W at 18 km/h, 62% Humidity | ||
Langthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the census 2011 was 812. It is situated to the immediate north of Boroughbridge on the A168 road.
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Map of Langthorpe, York, UK
History
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Torp in the Hallikeld hundred. The lands were the possession of Gospatric, son of Arnketil both before and after the Norman invasion.
There was a brewery, Warwick's Anchor Brewery, in the village, but now disused.
Governance
The village lies within the Skipton and Ripon UK Parliament constituency. It is also within the Boroughbridge electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council and the Newby ward of Harrogate Borough District Council.
Geography
The nearest settlements are Boroughbridge 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the south; Milby 0.8 miles (1.3 km) to the north-east; Kirby Hill 0.7 miles (1.1 km) to the north and Skelton-on-Ure 1.9 miles (3.1 km) to the west.
The 2001 UK Census recorded the parish population as 774 of which 638 are over sixteen years old and 412 of those were in employment. There were 327 dwellings of which 122 were detached.