| West Layton | |
|---|---|
 West Layton Manor | |
.svg)  West Layton Location within
North Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | NZ141099 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Richmond |
| Postcode district | DL11 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
West Layton is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England, close to the border with County Durham and a few miles west of Darlington.
History
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Count Alan, and as having 16 villagers, a 12-acre (4.9 ha) meadow, one fishery and two churches. [1] Formerly in the wapentake of Gilling West and the parish of Hutton Magna, the village is now in Richmondshire in North Yorkshire. [2] [3] The name of Layton is historically recorded as Laston, Lastun and Latton, and means the town where the leeks are grown. [4] [5]
The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included with the parish of East Layton. [6] In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated that the population of the village was 40. [7]
References
- ^ "[West] Layton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "History of West Layton, in Richmondshire and North Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "WEST LAYTON, RICHMONDSHIRE (DL11 7PS)". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "West Layton :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1947). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (3 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 277. OCLC 12542596.
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – East Layton Parish (E04007477)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
External links
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