High Ellington

High Ellington
High Ellington from the north
High Ellington is located in North Yorkshire
High Ellington
High Ellington
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE196832
Civil parish
  • Ellington High and Low
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRIPON
Postcode districtHG4
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54°14′42″N 1°42′01″W / 54.24498°N 1.70033°W / 54.24498; -1.70033

High Ellington is a village in lower Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England, about 2.5 miles (4 km) north-west of Masham. The smaller village of Low Ellington is 0.6 miles (0.97 km) to the east. High Ellington is in Harrogate district, and is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Ellington High and Low, which also includes Low Ellington and the scattered settlement of Sutton (which includes High Sutton, Low Sutton, Sutton Penn and Sutton Grange[1]). The population of the parish was estimated at 60 in 2013.[2]

High Ellington was historically, with Low Ellington, a township in the ancient parish of Masham in the North Riding of Yorkshire.[3] At the time of the Domesday Book it was in the possession of Count Alan of Brittany.[4] It became a civil parish in 1866, then known as Ellingtons. In 1886 Sutton was transferred to the parish from Healey with Sutton.[5]

The parish now shares a grouped parish council, known as Masham Parish Council, with Masham, Burton on Yore and Swinton with Warthermarske.[6]

  1. ^ Not to be confused with the settlement and former civil parish of Sutton Grange near Ripon
  2. ^ "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2013. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2016. In the 2011 Census the population of the parish was included with the parish of Fearby, and not separately counted.
  3. ^ GENUKI: Places in the Parish of Masham in 1822
  4. ^ Page, William, ed. (1914). "Parishes: Masham". Victoria County History. A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  5. ^ Vision of Britain website
  6. ^ "Masham Parish Council". Visit Masham. Retrieved 30 April 2020.