Ellerton-on-Swale

This article is about the village near Catterick. For Ellerton on the Swale west of Richmond, see Ellerton Abbey.

Ellerton-on-Swale
Ellerton-on-Swale is located in North Yorkshire
Ellerton-on-Swale
Ellerton-on-Swale
Location within North Yorkshire
Population110 [1]
OS grid referenceSE255979
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRICHMOND
Postcode districtDL10
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54°22′36″N 1°36′28″W / 54.3767°N 1.6079°W / 54.3767; -1.6079
Ellerton Park Leisure Lake

Ellerton-on-Swale or Ellerton (historically known as Ellerton-upon-Swale)[2] is a small village and civil parish about a mile east of Catterick in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England.[3] In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population of the parish at 110.[1][4]

The village sits just south of the B6271 road between Richmond and Northallerton,[5] and has a large lake used for diving between the settlement and the River Swale to the south. Another lake to the west, Bolton-on-Swale Lake, is a former sand and gravel quarry and is now a Yorkshire Wildlife Trust sponsored nature reserve.[6]

The village has an entry in the Domesday Book which states that it belonged to Count Alan and had six villagers.[7] It is said that it is the birthplace of Henry Jenkins, who died in 1670 and is reported to have lived to an incredible age of 169 years.[8] In 1743, a memorial obelisk was placed over his grave in the nearby churchyard of Bolton-on-Swale.[9]

  1. ^ a b "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2019. At the 2011 census, the population of the parish was included with Bolton-on-Swale) and not counted separately.
  2. ^ Speight, Harry (1897). Romantic Richmondshire. Being a complete account of the history, antiquities and scenery of the pictuesque valleys of the Swale and Yore. London: E Stock. p. 129. OCLC 7241488.
  3. ^ "History of Ellerton upon Swale, in Richmondshire and North Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Ellerton-on-Swale Parish (E04007479)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  5. ^ "304" (Map). Darlington & Richmond. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319245569.
  6. ^ "Bolton-on-Swale Lake Nature Reserve". Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Ellerton [on Swale] | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Image of remarkable man who died at ripe old age". The Northern Echo. Newsquest Media Group. 2 February 2001. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  9. ^ Lloyd, Chris (7 December 2018). "10 secrets of Richmond & Swaledale". Darlington and Stockton Times. Retrieved 1 July 2019.