Rillington

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

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

Rillington was mentioned in the Domesday Survey in 1086 and rural life was relatively unchanged until the coming of the railway in 1845

The village has two pubs the Coach and Horses and The Fleece, both are located next to St Andrew's Church.

Transport

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

A regular Yorkshire Coastliner bus service providing connections to Scarborough, Malton, York and Leeds is operated by Transdev Blazefield.

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

Rillington was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. Ryedale District Council is the local authority, with Rillington Parish Council.

An electoral ward in the same name exists. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 1,743.[4]

Ryedale District Councillors
	Party	Member
1973	Independent	Cllr S Harrison
1987	Independent	Cllr Brian Maud
1991	Liberal Democrats	Cllr Ms G Wilkinson
1999	Independent	Cllr Brian Maud
2019	Conservative	Cllr Nathan Garbutt Moore

Education

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

Friends of Rillington School is a registered charity that raises funds for the Primary School.

Infamy

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

References

UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Rillington Parish (1170217283)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
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.
Owston, Timothy (October 2007). "Rillington - an East Yorkshire village". Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Rillington 2011 Census Ward (1237325162)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

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[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.