Halton East

Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Halton East

Unitary authority

North Yorkshire

Ceremonial county

North Yorkshire

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townSKIPTONPostcode districtBD23PoliceNorth YorkshireFire North Yorkshire AmbulanceYorkshire

List of places: UK; England; Yorkshire

53°58′55″N 1°56′08″W / 53.981900°N 1.935690°W / 53.981900; -1.935690

Halton East is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) east of Skipton. The population of the parish was estimated at 90 in 2015.^[1]

The place was first recorded in the Domesday Book as Haltone. The name is derived from the Old English halh 'nook' and tūn 'farm or village', so means 'farm or village by a nook'. "East" was added to distinguish the village from another Halton, now Halton West, 12 miles (19 km) to the west.^[2]

Halton East was historically a township in the large ancient parish of Skipton in the West Riding of Yorkshire.^[3] It became a separate civil parish in 1866.^[4] In 1974 it was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire.

References

^ "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). North Yorkshire County Council. p. 10. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
^ Smith, A. H. (1961). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Vol. 6. Cambridge University Press. p. 70.
^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Halton East West Riding. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Halton East CP/Tn. Retrieved 29 March 2021.