Grantley, North Yorkshire

Grantley is a village (also known as High Grantley) and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 5 miles (8 km) west of Ripon. The parish also includes the hamlet of Low Grantley. The population of the parish was estimated at 130 in 2013.[1]

Grantley

High Grantley Village Hall
Grantley
Location within North Yorkshire
Population130 
OS grid referenceSE232699
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRIPON
Postcode districtHG4
Dialling code01765
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

The parish lies on the north bank of the River Skell, in a well-wooded valley. Grantley Sawmills is a local employer, just outside the parish on the south bank of the river. Grantley Hall, on the north bank of the river, is an 18th-century Grade II* listed building, built by Thomas Norton and his son Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley.[2]

The toponym, first mentioned in about 1030, is Old English, and means "clearing of a man called Grante".[3]

Grantley was historically a township in the parish of Ripon in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[4] It became a separate civil parish in 1866, and was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire in 1974. The parish now shares a grouped parish council with Sawley.[5]

References
  1. "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2013. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2015. The population of 269 reported in the 2011 census also included the civil parishes of Aldfield and Eavestone."Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  2. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1173371)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  3. Smith, A.H. (1961). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. 197.
  4. GENUKI website
  5. Harrogate Borough Council: Details for Grantley and Sawley Parish Council

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