Rillington

Rillington

St Andrew's Church, Rillington
Rillington
Rillington shown within North Yorkshire
Population 1,114 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference SE853743
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MALTON
Postcode district YO17
Dialling code 01944
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament

Rillington is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England.

Transport

Rillington is on the A64 road, approximately 3 miles east of Malton and south-west of Scarborough.

From 1845 until 1930 the village was served by a railway station which connected Rillington on the York to Scarborough Line.[2] Special trains continued until the 1960s, although the station has now been demolished.[3]

Governance

Historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire, an electoral ward in the same name exists. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 1,743.[4]

Education

The village is served by Rillington Community Primary School. It also falls within the catchment area for Norton College.

Infamy

It was after this village that Rillington Place in Notting Hill west London was named.

References

  1. ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Rillington Parish (1170217283)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  3. ↑ Owston, Timothy (October 2007). "Rillington - an East Yorkshire village". Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
  4. ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Rillington 2011 Census Ward (1237325162)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

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