Arkle Town


Arkle Town is a hamlet adjoining Langthwaite in Arkengarthdale in the Richmondshire district of, North Yorkshire, England. Arkel is a Norse personal name and probably arrived with settlers during the tenth century. Formerly it had a parish church, inn and workhouse. Now there are none of these though the graveyard can still be traced.
The 1851 census counted 41 houses in Arkle Town.