{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=August 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image_name = West Layton Manor.jpg | static_image_caption = West Layton Manor | coordinates = {{coord|54.48335|-1.78234|display=inline,title}} | official_name = West Layton | population = | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = Richmond and Northallerton | post_town = Richmond | postcode_district = DL11 | postcode_area = DL | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = NZ141099 }} '''West Layton''' is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, close to the border with County Durham and a few miles west of Darlington.
==History== The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Count Alan, and as having 16 villagers, a {{convert|12|acre|adj=on}} meadow, one fishery and two churches.<ref>{{cite web |title=[West] Layton {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/NZ1409/west-layton/ |website=opendomesday.org |accessdate=31 August 2020}}</ref> The village was formerly in the wapentake of Gilling West and the parish of Hutton Magna. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of West Layton, in Richmondshire and North Riding {{!}} Map and description |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13277 |website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk |accessdate=31 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=WEST LAYTON, RICHMONDSHIRE (DL11 7PS) |url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/west-layton-richmondshire |website=getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |accessdate=31 August 2020}}</ref> The name of Layton is historically recorded as ''Laston'', ''Lastun'' and ''Latton'', and means the ''town where the leeks are grown''.<ref>{{cite web |title=West Layton :: Survey of English Place-Names |url=http://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/North+Riding+of+Yorkshire/Hutton+Magna/53286b32b47fc40bc60004db-West+Layton |website=epns.nottingham.ac.uk |accessdate=31 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1947 |publisher=Clarendon Press |location=Oxford |oclc=12542596 |page=277 |edition=3}}</ref>
The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included with the parish of East Layton.<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E04007477|title=East Layton Parish|accessdate=31 August 2020}}</ref> In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated that the population of the village was 40.<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=31 August 2020 |page= 15|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>
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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|West Layton}}
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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire
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