{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=September 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|54|02|38|N|1|30|34|W|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Brearton | static_image_name = Brearton, North Yorkshire.jpg | static_image_caption = Brearton and its village pub, the Malt Shovel | population = 146 | population_ref = (2011 census)<ref name="NOMIS">{{NOMIS2011|id=E04007318|title=Brearton Parish|accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref> | civil_parish = Brearton | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = | post_town = HARROGATE | postcode_district = HG3 | postcode_area = HG | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SE322610 }} '''Brearton''' is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, situated about {{convert|3|mi}} north of Knaresborough.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Brearton, in Harrogate and West Riding {{!}} Map and description |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11675 |website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk |accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref> The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book<ref>{{cite web |title=Brearton {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE3261/brearton/ |website=opendomesday.org |accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref> and its name derives from the Old English ''Brer-Tun'', which means the town where the briars grew.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |oclc=1228215388 |page=62 |edition=4}}</ref>
Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Brearton, in Harrogate and West Riding |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11675 |access-date=15 April 2025 |website=A Vision of Britain}}</ref> From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
According to the 2001 census it had a population of 141<ref>{{NOMIS2001|id=36UD015|title=Brearton Parish|accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref> increasing at the 2011 census to 146,<ref name="NOMIS"/> however, in 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to be 150.<ref>{{cite web |title=2015 Population Estimates Parishes |url=https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf |website=northyorks.gov.uk |accessdate=30 September 2019|page=13 |date=December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf|archive-date=4 June 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref> This small village has just over 40 houses that are situated quite close together.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brearton |url=http://colinday.co.uk/maps/HarrogateMaps/Brearton.pdf |website=colinday.co.uk |accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref> The fields surrounding the village show evidence of Medieval farming.<ref>{{cite web |title=50 Brearton and Nidd Arable Farmland |publisher= Harrogate Borough Council |url=https://www.harrogate.gov.uk/downloads/file/1220/50_brearton_and_nidd_arable_farmland |accessdate=30 September 2019 |page=1 |format=PDF |date=February 2004}}</ref> Brearton is located at the end of the road from Nidd and Scotton; it is only accessible by vehicle from the west.<ref>{{cite news |title=To Brearton and back. . . |url=https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/news/to-brearton-and-back-1-2695701 |accessdate=30 September 2019 |work=The Harrogate Advertiser |date=13 February 2006}}</ref>
Whilst the village is popular for walkers, there are no shops, but there is one pub, ''The Malt Shovel'', which ''The Guardian'' described as having "the best Sunday Lunches in Yorkshire."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ellis |first1=Victoria |title=Low Down: Brearton |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&t=continent%3AEurope%21Europe/country%3AEngland%21England&sort=_rank_%3AD&fld-base-0=alltext&maxresults=20&val-base-0=%22Brearton%22&docref=news/1149DB2E41D767B0 |accessdate=30 September 2019 |work=infoweb.newsbank.com |date=6 October 2006|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Great country pubs in the UK: readers' tips - What could be better than a walk in the countryside followed by a visit to a rural inn with great food and drink? |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&t=continent%3AEurope%21Europe/country%3AEngland%21England&sort=_rank_%3AD&page=3&fld-base-0=alltext&maxresults=20&val-base-0=%22Brearton%22&docref=news/1632CB8EB5EA9108 |accessdate=30 September 2019 |work=infoweb.newsbank.com |date=16 March 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
St John's Church, Brearton was built in 1836.<ref name="nhle">{{NHLE |desc=Breaton Chapel |num=1315349 |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref>
==See also== *Listed buildings in Brearton
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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire
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