North Stainley

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=January 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image = North Stainley CE School.jpg | static_image_caption = The Church of England primary school in North Stainley | coordinates = {{coord|54|11|17|N|1|33|42|W|display=inline,title}} | official_name = North Stainley | population = 737 | population_ref = (2011 Census)<ref name="NOMIS">{{NOMIS2011|id=E04007400|title=North Stainley with Sleningford Parish Parish|accessdate=4 February 2020}}</ref> | civil_parish = North Stainley with Sleningford | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = Skipton and Ripon | post_town = RIPON | postcode_district = HG4 | postcode_area = HG | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SE286768 }} '''North Stainley''' is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England {{convert|4|mi}} north of Ripon.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of North Stainley, in Harrogate and West Riding {{!}} Map and description |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14267 |website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk |accessdate=4 February 2020}}</ref> Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is the closest settlement to the theme park Lightwater Valley which is {{convert|1|km|order=flip}} to the south.<ref>{{cite map|title =Northallerton & Ripon|map =98|year =2016|scale =1:50,000 |series =Landranger |publisher =Ordnance Survey|isbn =9780319261972}}</ref>

==History== North Stainley is derived jointly from Old English and Old Norse and means a stone clearing.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ekwall|first1=Eilert|title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names|date=1960|publisher= Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|page=436|edition=4|oclc=400936}}</ref> The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book with 15 ploughlands and belonging to the Archbishop of York.<ref>{{cite web |title=[North] Stainley {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE2877/north-stainley/ |website=opendomesday.org |accessdate=4 February 2020}}</ref> The name of the village derives from the Old English of ''Stān lēah'', which means a ''stone wood or clearing''.<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=436 |edition=4}}</ref> North Stainley is on the south bank of the River Ure, and was in the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974, when it was moved into North Yorkshire. It was formerly in the wapentake of Claro, and the Liberty of Ripon.<ref>{{cite web |title=Genuki: In 1822, the following places were in the Parish of Ripon:, Yorkshire (West Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Ripon/more |website=www.genuki.org.uk |accessdate=4 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The population of the parish in the 2001 census was 604,<ref>{{NOMIS2001|id=36UD099|title=North Stainley with Sleningford Parish|accessdate=4 February 2020}}</ref> rising to 737 at the 2011 Census.<ref name="NOMIS"/> In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population of the parish to be 760. The parish includes the hamlet of Sleningford.<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=4 February 2020 |page=13 |format=PDF |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>

The village is cut through by the A6108 road between Ripon and Leyburn.<ref>{{cite news |title=Quarry chiefs want extra 98 acres |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/latest-news/quarry-chiefs-want-extra-98-acres-1-2306082 |accessdate=4 February 2020 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=13 October 2009 |language=en|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite map|title = Ripon & Boroughbridge|map = 299|year =2015 |scale =1:25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn =9780319245514 }}</ref> It has a school, North Stainley Church of England Primary School, which is rated as being ''Requires Improvement'' by Ofsted<ref>{{cite web |title=North Stainley Church of England Primary School URN: 121578 |url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50207655 |accessdate=28 March 2023 |date=November 2022}}</ref> and a church, St Mary the Virgin.<ref>{{cite web |title=North Stainley St Mary the Virgin |url=https://www.explorechurches.org/church/st-mary-virgin-north-stainley |website=explorechurches.org |accessdate=4 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> The church was built in 1840 by the Staveley family, who owned the manor and built the Manor House in the 16th century.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |title=Yorkshire : the West Riding |date=2001 |publisher=Penguin Books |location=London |isbn=0-14-071017-5 |page=380 |edition=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dale |first1=Sharon |title=Hall or nothing for Robert |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/homes-gardens/hall-or-nothing-for-robert-1-4141197 |accessdate=4 February 2020 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=16 January 2012 |language=en|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The pub in the village is called ''The Staveley Arms.''<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Aird |editor1-first=Alisdair |editor2-last=Stapley |editor2-first=Fiona |title=The good pub guide 2015 |date=2014 |publisher=Random House |location=London |isbn=9780091958084 |page=921}}</ref>

Since 1983, the parish has been part of the Skipton and Ripon Parliamentary constituency.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of North Stainley, in Harrogate and West Riding {{!}} Historical administrative units and statistics |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14267/units |website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk |accessdate=4 February 2020}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|North Stainley}} *[http://www.northstainley.org.uk/ North Stainley village website]

{{authority control}} Category:North Stainley Category:Villages in North Yorkshire