{{Short description|Civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}} {{about|the parish in North Yorkshire|the railway station in County Durham|Tanfield Railway}} {{Use British English|date=February 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image = East Tanfield - geograph.org.uk - 274604.jpg | static_image_caption = Farm in East Tanfield | coordinates = {{coord|54.195|-1.563|display=inline,title}} | official_name = East Tanfield | population = 30 | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire |region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = Richmond and Northallerton | post_town = RIPON | postcode_district = HG4 | postcode_area = HG | dial_code = 01677 | os_grid_reference = SE290780 }}
'''East Tanfield''' is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. There is no modern village in the parish, and the population was estimated at 30 in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=North Yorkshire County Council|title=Population Estimates|year=2010|url=http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0|accessdate=9 February 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113133520/http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0|archivedate=13 January 2012}} In the 2011 census the population of the civil parish was included in the parish of West Tanfield.</ref> The deserted medieval village of East Tanfield lies near Manor Farm on the banks of the River Ure.<ref name=dmv>{{NHLE|num=1016260|desc=East Tanfield deserted medieval village|accessdate=28 June 2013}}</ref>
East Tanfield was mentioned in the Domesday Book, when it was in the possession of Count Alan of Brittany.<ref name=vch>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64770 |title=Parishes: Kirklington |editor-first=William|editor-last=Page| editor-link=William Henry Page|publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1914 |work=Victoria County History. A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1 |accessdate=28 June 2013 }}</ref> It was a prosperous community in the medieval period, but appears to have been deserted in the 16th century.<ref name=dmv/>
East Tanfield was historically a township in the ancient parish of Kirklington in the North Riding of Yorkshire.<ref name=vch /> It became a separate civil parish in 1866.<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10471000/relationships Vision of Britain website]</ref> It was transferred to the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire in 1974. Richmondshire was abolished in 2023 and a new unitary authority, North Yorkshire Council, replaced it.
The parish shares a grouped parish council, Tanfield Parish Council, with the much larger parish of West Tanfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tanfieldparishcouncil.btck.co.uk/Councillors|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131014123/http://tanfieldparishcouncil.btck.co.uk/Councillors|url-status=usurped|archive-date=31 January 2016|title=Parish Council|accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref>
==See also== *Listed buildings in East Tanfield
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Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire Category:Deserted medieval villages in North Yorkshire