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Arkle Town

Arkle Town

Hamlet in North Yorkshire, England

Arkle Town is a hamlet in Arkengarthdale in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated 0.4 miles (0.64 km) to the south of Langthwaite and 2.7 miles (4.3 km) north-west of Reeth.

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History

"Arkel" is a Norse personal name and probably arrived with settlers during the tenth century.[1] Formerly it had a parish church, inn and workhouse, the only evidence of these buildings that remains is a small number of gravestones at the site of the former St. Mary's Church, which was relocated further up the dale in 1816.[2] The 1851 census counted 41 houses in Arkle Town.[3]

Governance

The hamlet is within the Richmond (Yorks) parliamentary constituency, which is under the control of the Conservative Party. The current Member of Parliament, since the 2015 general election, is Rishi Sunak.

Arkle Town also falls within the Lower Swaledale and Arkengarthdale ward of Richmondshire District Council[4] and the Upper Dales Electoral Division of North Yorkshire County Council.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Batty, Margaret (1982). A View of Akengarthdale. Teesdale Mercury Press. p. 4.
  2. [2]
    "Home - Arkengarthdale Parish Council". www.arkengarthdale.org.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  3. [3]
    Batty. p 14.
  4. [4]
    "Richmondshire Ward Map" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 April 2021.
  5. [5]
    "North Yorkshire County Council Ward Map" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2021.

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