Ellingstring

Ellingstring
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	Ellingstring village
	Ellingstring Location within North Yorkshire
Population	80
OS grid reference	SE177832
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire;
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RIPON
Postcode district	HG4
Dialling code	01677
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Skipton and Ripon;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°14′40″N 1°43′45″W / 54.2445°N 1.7292°W

Ellingstring is a village and civil parish in Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Leyburn, and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Masham.^[1] Historically it was in the wapentake of Hang East.^[2] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The population of the parish was estimated at 80 in 2012.^[3]

The parish now shares a grouped parish council, known as Fearby, Healey and District Parish Council, with Colsterdale, Fearby, Healey and Ilton cum Pott.^[4] It falls within the Skipton and Ripon constituency for the UK Parliament.^[5] The name of the village was first recorded in 1198 as Elingstrengge, and derives from the Old English Ella and the Old Norse strengr, meaning watercourse.^[6]

References

↑ Kelly's Directory of N & E Ridings of Yorkshire, 1893. London: Kellys Directories. 1893. p. 103. OCLC 1131686665.
↑ Kelly's Directory of N & E Ridings of Yorkshire, 1893. London: Kellys Directories. 1893. p. 5. OCLC 1131686665.
↑ "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2012. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
↑ "The Parish". Fearby Healey and District Parish Council. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
↑ "Election Maps Ellingstring". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
↑ Smith, A. H. (1979) [1928]. The Place Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire. English Place Name Society. p. 231. OCLC 19714705.

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