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| Chop Gate | |
|---|---|
 Chop Gate Methodist Church | |
.svg)  Chop Gate Location within North Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SE 5594 9986 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Middlesbrough |
| Postcode district | TS9 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
Chop Gate (locally /ˌtʃɒp ˈjæt/ CHOP YAT)[1] is a small village in the North York Moors national park, North Yorkshire, England.[2][3] Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the village is situated 7.5 miles (12 km) south east of Stokesley and 12.5 miles (20 km) north of Helmsley.[4] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Hambleton District. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
Location
[edit]The village is at the point where the roads to Bilsdale and Raindale meet. Chop Gate is on the B1257 road between Helmsley and Stokesley.[5] The annual Bilsdale agricultural show takes place during August each year at Thornhill Farm, just outside Chop Gate.[6]
Religion
[edit]St Hilda's Anglican Church
[edit]St Hilda's Anglican church, which opened in 1853, is located between the hamlets of Urra and Seave Green, to the north of Chop Gate.[7] There has been a church in Chop Gate since 1122.
Chop Gate former Methodist Church
[edit]There is a Methodist church building in Chop Gate. The church, which was part of the church's Stokesley circuit,[8] dates from 1858, according to the sign over the door. It was converted into residential apartments in 2016.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Moss, John (2020). A History of English Placenames and Where They Came From. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. p. 344. ISBN 978-1-52672-284-3.
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 100 Malton & Pickering (Helmsley & Easingwold) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319231203.
- ↑ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ↑ "Genuki: Helmsley Supplementary, Yorkshire (North Riding)". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ↑ 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. 25. ISBN 9781840337532.
- ↑ Bilsdale Show, Directions, accessed on 6 July 2026
- ↑ Google Maps, accessed on 6 July 2026
- ↑ My Methodist History, Chop Gate, accessed on 6 July 2026
- ↑ F Hithich: Wordpress - Chop Gate
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