Population 460 Country England Post town LEEDS Shire county North Yorkshire Dialling code 01423 | OS grid reference SE279492 Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Sunday 9:56 AM District Borough of Harrogate UK parliament constituency Skipton and Ripon | |
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Region Yorkshire and the Humber Weather 12°C, Wind W at 39 km/h, 86% Humidity | ||
North Rigton is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is 2 miles (3 km) south of Harrogate. The population of the parish was 460 in 2011. Almscliffe Crag adjacent to the village was used for scenery at the end of Yorkshire Television dramas, The Beiderbecke Affair, The Beiderbecke Tapes and The Beiderbecke Connection. The area was never referred to by name.
Map of North Rigton, UK
Until the 19th century the village was known as Rigton, the official name of the parish until 1962. "North" was added to distinguish the place from East Rigton, 7 miles (11 km) southeast. The name is from the Old English hrycg and tūn, meaning "farmstead on the ridge". The place was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Riston, an Anglo-Norman spelling of the name.
The village was historically a township in the parish of Kirkby Overblow, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It became a separate civil parish in 1866, and was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire in 1974.