High Ellington

{{Short description|Village in North Yorkshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image = High Ellington, North Yorkshire.jpg | static_image_width = 240px | static_image_caption = High Ellington from the north | coordinates = {{coord|54.24498|-1.70033|display=inline,title}} | official_name = High Ellington | population = | civil_parish = Ellington High and Low | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = | post_town = RIPON | postcode_district = HG4 | postcode_area = HG | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SE196832 }} '''High Ellington''' is a village in lower Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England, about {{convert|2.5|mi|0}} north-west of Masham. The smaller village of Low Ellington is {{convert|0.6|mi}} to the east. High Ellington is the largest settlement in the civil parish of '''Ellington High and Low''', which also includes Low Ellington and the scattered settlement of '''Sutton''' (which includes High Sutton, Low Sutton, Sutton Penn and Sutton Grange<ref>Not to be confused with the settlement and former civil parish of Sutton Grange near Ripon</ref>). The population of the parish was estimated at 60 in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=North Yorkshire County Council|title=Population Estimates|year=2013|url=http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0|accessdate=11 April 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 parish was included with the parish of Fearby, and not separately counted.</ref>

High Ellington was historically, with Low Ellington, a township in the ancient parish of Masham in the North Riding of Yorkshire.<ref>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Masham/more.html GENUKI: Places in the Parish of Masham in 1822]</ref> At the time of the Domesday Book it was in the possession of Count Alan of Brittany.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64761 |title=Parishes: Masham |editor-first=William|editor-last=Page|authorlink=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=29 June 2013 }}</ref> It became a civil parish in 1866, then known as Ellingtons. In 1886 Sutton was transferred to the parish from Healey with Sutton.<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10420477/relationships Vision of Britain website]</ref> From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The parish now shares a grouped parish council, known as Masham Parish Council, with Masham, Burton on Yore and Swinton with Warthermarske.<ref>{{cite web|title=Masham Parish Council|publisher=Visit Masham|url=https://www.visitmasham.com/community/parish-council/|accessdate=30 April 2020}}</ref>

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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire