Laverton, North Yorkshire

Cottages at Laverton

Laverton is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) west of Ripon. The population of this parish as taken at the 2011 census was 260.^[1] The River Laver, from which the settlement derives its name, flows through the village.^[2] The parish includes the area of Dallowgill west of the village of Laverton.

Historically Laverton was a township in the ancient parish of Kirkby Malzeard in the West Riding of Yorkshire.^[3] It became a separate civil parish in 1866, and was transferred from the West Riding to North Yorkshire in 1974. The parish now shares a parish council with Kirkby Malzeard (Kirkby Malzeard, Laverton and Dallowgill Parish Council). There are also places to stay at Laverton.

References[]

^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Laverton Parish (1170217038)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 290. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
^ "Laverton Tn/CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

External links[]

Community website covering Laverton area

Coordinates: 54°09′N 1°39′W / 54.150°N 1.650°W / 54.150; -1.650

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[1] UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Laverton Parish (1170217038)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

[2] Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 290. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.

[3] "Laverton Tn/CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

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