NORTH YORKSHIRE

'North Yorkshire'

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Geography
Status	Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Origin	1974
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber (part of ceremonial county in North East)
'Area' - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area	Ranked 1st 8,654 km² Ranked 1st 8,038 km²
Admin HQ	Northallerton
	GB-NYK
ONS code	36
NUTS 3	UKE22
Demographics
'Population' - Total () - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop.	Ranked / km² Ranked
Ethnicity	97.9% White 1.0% S.Asian
Politics
North Yorkshire County Council http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/
Executive
Members of Parliament	★ Vera Baird (L) ★ Hugh Bayley (L) ★ Stuart Bell (L) ★ David Curry (C) ★ Robert Goodwill (C) ★ John Greenway (C) ★ John Grogan (L) ★ William Hague (C) ★ Ashok Kumar (L) ★ Anne McIntosh (C) ★ Dari Taylor (L) ★ Phil Willis (LD)
Districts
North Yorkshire Ceremonial Numbered.png #Selby#Harrogate#Craven#Richmondshire#Hambleton#Ryedale#Scarborough#City of York (Unitary)#Redcar and Cleveland (Unitary)#Middlesbrough (Unitary)#Stockton-on-Tees (Unitary) (the part south of the Tees)

'North Yorkshire' is a non-metropolitan or shire county, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county in that region and also partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 ^[1] it covers an area of 8,654 km², making it the largest county in England.

Contents

Divisions and environs

Physical features

History

Economy

Towns and villages

Places of interest

References

External links

Divisions and environs

The area under the control of the county council, or shire county, is divided into a number of local government districts; they are Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough and Selby. ^[2]
The Department for Communities and Local Government did consider reorganising North Yorkshire County Council's administrative structure by abolishing the seven district councils and the county council to create a North Yorkshire unitary authority. The changes were planned to be implemented no later than 1 April 2009.^[3][4] This was rejected on 25 July 2007 so the County Council and District Council structure will remain.^[5]
York, Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland are unitary authority boroughs which form part of the ceremonial county for various functions such as the Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, but do not come under county council control. Uniquely for a district in England, Stockton-on-Tees is split between North Yorkshire and County Durham for this purpose. Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees and Redcar and Cleveland boroughs form part of the North East England region. ^[6]
The area including the unitary authorities, or ceremonial county, borders East Riding of Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and County Durham.

Physical features

Within North Yorkshire are the North York Moors and most of the Yorkshire Dales; two of eleven areas of countryside within England and Wales to be officially designated as a national park. The highest point is Whernside, on the Cumbrian border, at 2414 feet (736 m).

History

North Yorkshire was formed on 1 April, 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972, and covers most of the lands of the historic North Riding, as well as the northern half of the West Riding, the northern and eastern fringes of the East Riding of Yorkshire and the former county borough of York.
York became a unitary authority independent of North Yorkshire on 1 April 1996, ^[7] and at the same time Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and areas of Stockton-on-Tees south of the river became part of North Yorkshire for ceremonial purposes, having been part of Cleveland from 1974 to 1996.

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of North Yorkshire at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by ''Office for National Statistics'' with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Year	Regional Gross Value Added[8]	Agriculture[9]	Industry[10]	Services[11]
1995	'7,278'	478	2,181	4,618
2000	'9,570'	354	2,549	6,667
2003	'11,695'	390	3,025	8,281

Towns and villages

★ Arncliffe, Ampleforth, Appleton-le-Moors

★ Bedale, Bellerby, Boroughbridge, Borrowby, Botton Village, Brompton, ''Brotton'', Buckden, Buttercrambe,

★ Castleton, Catterick, Catterick Garrison, Cawood, Clapham,Conistone, Coxwold

★ Dalton (Hambleton), Dalton (Richmondshire), Danby Wiske

★ Easby, Easingwold, Egton, Egton Bridge, Embsay

★ Filey

★ Gargrave, Giggleswick, Glasshouses, Goathland, Grassington, Great Ayton, Grosmont

★ Harrogate, Hawes, ''Haxby'', Hebden, Helmsley, Helperby, Horton in Ribblesdale, Hunmanby, ''Huntington''

★ Ingleton

★ Kettlewell, Kilnsey, Kirkbymoorside, Knaresborough

★ Leyburn, Linton, Litton, Long Marston, Lund

★ Malham, Malton, Masham, ''Marske-by-the-Sea'', Middleham, ''Middlesbrough, ''Muker

★ ''New Marske'', Northallerton, ''Norton-on-Derwent''

★ Osmotherley

★ Pateley Bridge, Pickering

★ Ravenscar, ''Redcar'', Reeth, Richmond, Rievaulx, Ripon, Robin Hood's Bay, Romanby

★ ''Saltburn'', Scarborough, Scawton, Scorton, Scruton, Selby, Settle, Sheriff Hutton, Sicklinghall, Skipton, Sowerby, Starbotton, Stockton-on-the-Forest, Stokesley, Streetlam, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe

★ Tadcaster, Thirsk, ''Thornaby-on-Tees'', Thornton-le-Beans, Thornton-le-Dale, Thornton Steward, Thrintoft, Thwaite

★ Wass, Welburn, Whitley, Whitby

★ Yafforth,''Yarm'', ''York''
Italicised locations lie outside the current North Yorkshire shire county.

Places of interest

★ Ampleforth College

★ Bolton Abbey

★ Byland Abbey - English Heritage (EH)

★ Bolton Castle

★ Catterick Garrison

★ Cleveland Hills

★ Drax

★ Duncombe Park stately home

★ Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway

★ Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo

★ Fountains Abbey

★ Castle Howard and the Howardian Hills

★ Helmsley Castle - EH

★ Lightwater Valley

★ Malham Cove

★ Middleham Castle

★ Mount Grace Priory - EH

★ North Yorkshire Moors Railway

★ Ormesby Hall - Palladian Mansion

★ Rievaulx Abbey - EH

★ Selby Abbey

★ Shandy Hall - stately home

★ Skipton Castle

★ Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications - EH

★ Studley Royal Park

★ Wharram Percy

★ Whitby Abbey

★ Yorkshire Air Museum

References

1. Arnold-Baker, C., ''Local Government Act 1972'', (1973)
2. North Yorkshire County Council - Transport map of shire county divided into districts
3. North Yorkshire County Council - New Council for North Yorkshire
4. Communities and Local Government - Proposals for future unitary structures: Stakeholder consultation
5. Decision letter: North Yorkshire County Council
6. North East Assembly - List of local authorities and members
7. OPSI - ''The North Yorkshire (District of York) (Structural and Boundary Changes) Order 1995''
8. Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
9. includes hunting and forestry
10. includes energy and construction
11. includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

External links

★ North Yorkshire Guide Guide from NorthYorks.com

★ BBC North Yorkshire North Yorkshire features, videos & pics from the BBC