East Tanfield
Coordinates: 54°11′42″N 1°33′47″W / 54.195°N 1.563°W
East Tanfield is a civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. There is no modern village in the parish, and the population was estimated at 30 in 2013.[1] The deserted medieval village of East Tanfield lies near Manor Farm on the banks of the River Ure.[2]
East Tanfield was mentioned in the Domesday Book, when it was in the possession of Count Alan of Brittany.[3] It was a prosperous community in the medieval period, but appears to have been deserted in the 16th century.[2]
East Tanfield was historically a township in the ancient parish of Kirklington in the North Riding of Yorkshire.[3] It became a separate civil parish in 1866.[4] It was transferred to North Yorkshire in 1974. The parish shares a grouped parish council, Tanfield Parish Council, with the much larger parish of West Tanfield.[5]
References
- ↑ "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2016. In the 2011 census the population of the civil parish was included in the parish of West Tanfield.
- 1 2 "East Tanfield deserted medieval village". English Heritage. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- 1 2 William Page (editor) (1914). "Parishes: Kirklington". Victoria County History. A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ↑ Vision of Britain website
- ↑ "Parish Council". Retrieved 3 February 2013.