Deighton, York
Deighton | |
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![]() ![]() Deighton Deighton shown within North Yorkshire | |
Population | 291 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SE628441 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | YORK |
Postcode district | YO19 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Deighton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York, North Yorkshire, England.[1][2] The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 291.[3] It lies on the A19 about five miles south of York. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 308. Prior to 1996 it had been part of the Selby district.
The parish also includes most of the hamlet of Crockey Hill.
![](../I/m/Piles_of_sugar_beet_at_Swan_Farm_Deighton.jpg)
Piles of harvested sugar beet at Swan Farm by Deighton
The name Deighton comes from Old English and means farmstead surrounded by a ditch.[4]
References
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 105 York & Selby (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319229453.
- ↑ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ↑ Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 148. ISBN 9780199609086.
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