Kildale

Kildale
Looking down on Kildale from Park Nab, Christmas Day, 2007
Looking down on Kildale from Park Nab, Christmas Day, 2007
Kildale is located in North Yorkshire
Kildale
Kildale
Location within North Yorkshire
Population147 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceNZ6284209682
Civil parish
  • Kildale
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWhitby
Postcode districtYO21
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
54°28′44″N 1°01′55″W / 54.47887°N 1.03193°W / 54.47887; -1.03193

Kildale is a village and civil parish in Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east from Great Ayton, within the North York Moors National Park and on the Cleveland Way National Trail. The parish occupies 5,730 acres (23.2 km2), with 3,416 acres (13.82 km2) being taken up by moorland.[2]

A church at Kildale was referred to in the Domesday Book.[3] Viking relics (bones, swords, daggers and a battle axe) were discovered on the spot where a later church, St Cuthbert's, was erected.

Kildale railway station is on the Esk Valley Line.

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Kildale Parish (1170216868)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Kildale parish registers: Dates and current locations etc". Withers, C. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  3. ^ "The Ancient Parish of Kildale". Hinson, C. Retrieved 10 April 2012.