Allerton Mauleverer

Allerton Mauleverer
West end of St Martin's Church, Allerton Mauleverer
Allerton Mauleverer is located in North Yorkshire
Allerton Mauleverer
Allerton Mauleverer
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE415579
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKNARESBOROUGH
Postcode districtHG5
Dialling code01423
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54°00′59″N 1°22′01″W / 54.01628°N 1.36687°W / 54.01628; -1.36687

Allerton Mauleverer is a village in North Yorkshire, England. It is part of the Allerton Mauleverer with Hopperton parish. The parish is in the district of Harrogate, and lies just 5 miles (8 km) east of the town Knaresborough. From 1947 to 1998, Allerton Mauleverer was part of the Claro Registration District, until it was abolished.[1] The A1(M) runs through the area connecting London and Edinburgh.

In the 1870s, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Allerton Mauleverer as

"a township and a parish in Knaresborough district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township includes Hopperton; and lies on an affluent of the Nidd, at the Allerton r. station, 4+12 miles [7 km] ENE of Knaresborough."[2]

The name Allerton Mauleverer originally meant "Aelfweard's farm/settlement". Referring to farm held by the Mauleverer family in the 12th century.[3]

  1. ^ Langston, Brett. "Allerton Mauleverer Registration Information". GENUKI. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  2. ^ Wilson, John (1870–72). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Allerton Mauleverer: A. Fullarton and Co. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Key to English Place-names: Allerton Mauleverer". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 20 March 2013.