Moor Monkton


Moor Monkton is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Nidd and north-west from York city centre. At the 2001 Census, the population of the village was 298, which had risen to 348 at the 2011 Census. The population was estimated to have risen again to 370 by 2015.

History

Moor Monkton is mentioned in the Domesday Book as a small settlement belonging to Richard son of Herfast. The name of Moor, was added to the name Monkton to distinguish it from Nun Monkton, which is over the other side of the River Nidd. The name Monkton, which has been recorded variously as Munechatun, Monketon super Moram, Munketun, and Moore Monkton, means the town of the monks. Historically, the village was in the Wapentake of Ainsty, which meant that it was in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The village is one of the waypoints on the Ainsty Bounds Walk that covers the old boundaries of the Ainsty.
Geographically, the village is at the end of a road that spurs some north from the A59 road. The River Nidd is to the immediate north, with the River Ouse to the east. The village used to have a railway link at the railway station on the Harrogate Line, though this station closed in 1958. The nearest railway stations now are at and. Buses call at the crossroads with the A59, south of the village, twice a day, running between Ripon and York.
The parish church, dedicated to All Saints, dates in part from the 12th century. It was restored in 1879 by James Fowler, who probably added the chancel east window, and one at the south of the nave.

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