Rillington
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Rillington
N. City & County of Yorks. Redlintone (1086) (DB). ‘Estate associated with a man called *Rēdel or Hrēthel’. OE pers. name + -ing- + tūn.
| Rievaulx, Ridlington, Riding Mill | |
| Rimington, Rimpton, Rimswell |
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Rillington
Coordinates: 54°09′30″N 0°41′42″W / 54.15820°N 0.69490°W
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.jpg) St Andrew's Church, Rillington |
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 Rillington
Rillington shown within North Yorkshire |
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| OS grid reference | SE853743 |
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| 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 |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Thirsk and Malton (formerly Ryedale) |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Rillington is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England.
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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.[1] Special trains continued until the 1960s, although the station has now been demolished.[2]
Education
The village is served by Rillington Community Primary School. It also falls within the catchment area for Norton College.
References
- ^ 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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- ^ Owston, Timothy (October 2007). "Rillington - an East Yorkshire village". http://freespace.virgin.net/owston.tj/rillingt.htm. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
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