Middlethorpe, North Yorkshire Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:53.9312°N -1.0879°W
Label Position:top
Official Name:Middlethorpe
Static Image:Middlethorpe Hall.jpg
Static Image Caption:Middlethorpe Hall
Unitary England:City of York
Civil Parish:Bishopthorpe
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Constituency Westminster:York Outer
Post Town:YORK
Postcode Area:YO
Postcode District:YO23
Os Grid Reference:SE599487

Middlethorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bishopthorpe, in the unitary authority area of City of York, in North Yorkshire, England.

The village was made a Conservation Area in 1975. Middlethorpe Hall dates from 1699 and Middlethorpe Manor from about 1700.[1]

Middlethorpe was formerly a township in the parish of St. Mary-Bishopshill-Senior,[2] in 1866 Middlethorpe became a separate civil parish,[3] in 1894 the parish was abolished and split to form Middlethorpe Within from the part in the County Borough of York and Middlethorpe Without from the rural part.[4] In 1891 the parish had a population of 128.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Pevsner, Nikolaus . Nikolaus Pevsner

    . Nikolaus Pevsner . Neave . David . Yorkshire: York and the East Riding . 259–60 . 1972 . 2nd . 1995 . Penguin Books . London . 0-14-071061-2 .

  2. Web site: History of Middlethorpe, in York and West Riding. A Vision of Britain through Time. 29 November 2023.
  3. Web site: Relationships and changes Middlethorpe CP/Tn through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 29 November 2023.
  4. Web site: York Registration District. UKBMD. 29 November 2023.
  5. Web site: Population statistics Middlethorpe CP/Tn through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 29 November 2023.