{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}} {{use British English|date=November 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|53.95940|-1.40601|type:city_GB-NYK|display=inline,title}} | official_name = North Deighton | static_image = The Green, North Deighton (geograph 2165378).jpg | static_image_caption = The Green | population = 80 | civil_parish = North Deighton | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = | post_town = WETHERBY | postcode_district = LS22 | postcode_area = LS | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SE390516 }}

'''North Deighton''' is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is near the A1(M) motorway and the A168 road and is {{convert|3|km|order=flip}} north-west of Wetherby.<ref>{{cite map|title =Leeds |map =289 |year =2015 |scale =1:25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn =9780319244869 }}</ref> The B6164 road runs through the village between Knaresborough and Wetherby with a minor road heading south-west towards Spofforth.{{sfn|North Deighton CACA|2011|p=6}}

The population of the civil parish was estimated by North Yorkshire County Council at 80 in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rural Rate Relief|url=https://www.harrogate.gov.uk/downloads/file/2351/rural_rate_relief|publisher=harrogate.gov.uk|accessdate=27 November 2017|page=4|format=PDF}} In the 2011 Census the population was not counted separately, but included in the civil parish of Little Ribston.</ref>

== History == Along with neighbouring Kirk Deighton, the village is mentioned in the Domesday Book.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Powell-Smith|first1=Anna|title=[Kirk and North] Deighton {{!}} Domesday Book|url=https://opendomesday.org/place/XX0000/kirk-and-north-deighton/|publisher=opendomesday.org|accessdate=27 November 2017}}</ref> Its name derives from a mixture of Old English and Old Norse—''Kirkja dīc tūn'' which means a church, a defensive trench or ditch and a farmstead or village.<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=141|edition=4}}</ref>

Until 1866, when the civil parish was formed, the village was part of the parish of Kirk Deighton.<ref>{{cite web|title=North Deighton Tn/CP through time {{!}} Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10416899|publisher=www.visionofbritain.org.uk|accessdate=27 November 2017}}</ref> Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of North Deighton, in Harrogate and West Riding |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12289 |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.

To the east of the village is Howe Hill, which is a former Motte-and-bailey castle from around the time of the Norman Conquest.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1015541|desc=Howe Hill motte and bailey castle|grade=<!--not applicable to this grade entry-->|accessdate=27 November 2017}}</ref> It is also thought to be one of the burial sites of dead soldiers from the Battle of Marston Moor.{{sfn|North Deighton CACA|2011|p=3}} The area was formerly part of the Royal Forest of Knaresborough (a medieval hunting park) and also part of the Ribston Estate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Plompton and South Knaresborough Arable Land|url=https://www.harrogate.gov.uk/downloads/file/1226/56_plompton_and_south_knaresborough_arable_land|publisher=harrogate.gov.uk|accessdate=27 November 2017|pages=1&ndash;2|format=PDF|date=February 2004}}</ref>

==See also== *Listed buildings in North Deighton

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===Sources=== *{{cite report|title=North Deighton Conservation Area Character Appraisal|format=PDF|url=https://www.harrogate.gov.uk/downloads/file/787/conservation_area_-_north_deighton|publisher=Harrogate Borough Council|date=9 February 2011|ref={{Harvid|North Deighton CACA|2011}} }}

==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|North Deighton}}

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Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire Category:Villages in North Yorkshire

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