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Ellingstring

Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

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North Yorkshire

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Yorkshire and the Humber

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Skipton and Ripon

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54°14′40″N 1°43′45″W / 54.2445°N 1.7292°W / 54.2445; -1.7292

Ellingstring is a village and civil parish in Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Leyburn, and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Masham.^[1] It lies within the Harrogate district, but historically was in the wapentake of Hang East.^[2] The population of the parish was estimated at 80 in 2012.^[3]

The parish now shares a grouped parish council, known as Fearby, Healey and District Parish Council, with Colsterdale, Fearby, Healey and Ilton cum Pott.^[4] It falls within the Skipton and Ripon constituency for the UK Parliament.^[5] The name of the village was first recorded in 1198 as Elingstrengge, and derives from the Old English Ella and the Old Norse strengr, meaning watercourse.^[6]

References

^ Kelly's Directory of N & E Ridings of Yorkshire, 1893. London: Kellys Directories. 1893. p. 103. OCLC 1131686665.
^ Kelly's Directory of N & E Ridings of Yorkshire, 1893. London: Kellys Directories. 1893. p. 5. OCLC 1131686665.
^ "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2012. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
^ "The Parish". Fearby Healey and District Parish Council. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
^ "Election Maps Ellingstring". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
^ Smith, A. H. (1979) [1928]. The Place Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire. English Place Name Society. p. 231. OCLC 19714705.