Richmond, North Yorkshire
Richmond is a market town and civil parish in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England. It is near the River Swale and on the eastern edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, as a tourist centre for the park.[2] The town's population at the 2011 census was 8,413. The town is 16 miles (26 km) from the local government district's administrative centre in Northallerton.
| Richmond | |
|---|---|
 Historic Richmond, with its Norman castle | |
.svg)  Richmond Location within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 8,413 (2011 census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NZ170009 |
| • London | 210 mi (340 km) SSE |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | RICHMOND |
| Postcode district | DL10 |
| Dialling code | 01748 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
In the Domesday Book of 1086, the area was collected under Yorkshire, 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.[3] Under the 1974 reforms, it became the administrative centre of the Richmondshire district in the North Yorkshire non-metropolitan county. The town came under the current district with unitary authority in a 2023 reform.