Richmond, North Yorkshire

Richmond
Historic Richmond, with its Norman castle
Richmond is located in North Yorkshire
Richmond
Richmond
Location within North Yorkshire
Population8,413 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceNZ170009
• London210 mi (340 km) SSE
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRICHMOND
Postcode districtDL10
Dialling code01748
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
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54°24′11″N 1°44′13″W / 54.403°N 1.737°W / 54.403; -1.737

Richmond is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is located at the point where Swaledale, the upper valley of the River Swale, opens into the Vale of Mowbray. The town's population at the 2011 census was 8,413. The town is 13 miles (21 km) north-west of Northallerton, the county town, and 41 miles (66 km) north-west of York.

In the Domesday Book of 1086 the area was collected under Yorkshire and the town was in the Gilling Wapentake. After the book it became the centre for wapentakes in the Honour of Richmond for the North Riding of Yorkshire.[2] Between 1974 and 2023 the town was the administrative centre of the Richmondshire district of the North Yorkshire non-metropolitan county. Richmond is located near the eastern boundary of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, for which it has become a tourist centre.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NOMIS2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Youngs, F. A. (1991). Guide to the Local Administrative units of England, Vol.II, Northern England. London: Royal Historical Society.
  3. ^ "Richmond". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.