Yorkshire A to Y
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North Yorkshire unitary authority area X
The North Yorkshire authority covers 3,109 square miles (8,052 sq km)^ and stretches around 92 miles from west to east.
The area is by far the largest covered by any authority in England. Northumberland in second place is only 1,961 square miles (5,078 sq km). Across the UK, North Yorkshire ranks second in area behind only the Highland area of Scotland.
The area continues to be considerably larger than the pre-1974 North Riding of Yorkshire as North Yorkshire incorporated large parts of the West Riding and some of the East Riding, although some northern fringes were lost to what are now Durham County, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland unitary authorities.
North Yorkshire is also part of a Combined Authority with the City of
York unitary authority area. In May 2024 a mayor was elected as head of the Combined Authority and with responsibilities also including those of the previous police, fire and crime commissioner..North Yorkshire has the second-highest authority area population in Yorkshire. Totals for North Yorkshire's seven former districts at the time of the 2021 Census are around 615,500*. That places it behind the 812,000 of the Leeds metropolitan district, even though North Yorkshire covers more than 14 times the area. The North Yorkshire population is more than the 556,500 population in the Sheffield metropolitan district.
As there are around 700 towns and villages being maintained by the North Yorkshire unitary authority, we continue our indexes of the former districts to help make searches for places easier to manage (see links at foot of page).
Find out more about the North Yorkshire unitary authority area.
Our Gazetteer list here only includes places in the administrative county of North Yorkshire, the new unitary authority. The wider ceremonial county of North Yorkshire includes places in
STOCKTON-ON-TEES 
MIDDLESBROUGH
REDCAR & CLEVELAND
YORK
DURHAM COUNTY unitary authority.^ Area figure from ONS Standard Area Measurements 2022 (converted from hectares).
* Population figure from Census 2021.
Contains public sector information licensed under the
Open Government Licence v3.0.Places in the North Yorkshire unitary authority area are:
Acklam Ainderby Quernhow Ainderby Steeple Ainthorpe
Airton
Aislaby Aislaby Aiskew Aldborough Aldbrough St John Aldfield Aldwark Allerston Alne Ampleforth Amotherby Appersett Appleton-le-Moors Appleton-le-Street Appleton Roebuck Appleton Wiske Appletreewick
Arkendale Arncliffe
Asenby Askrigg
Askwith Austwick Aysgarth
Bagby Bainbridge Baldersby Baldersby St James Barden Barkston Ash Barlby Barlow Barton Barton-le-Street Barton-le-Willows Battersby Beadlam Beal Beckwithshaw Bedale
Bellerby Bickerton Biggin Bilbrough Bilton Bilton in Ainsty Birkin Birstwith Bishop Monkton Bishop Thornton Blubberhouses Boltby Bolton Abbey Bolton-on-Swale Bolton Percy Booze Boroughbridge
Borrowby Brafferton Brandsby Brawby Brayton Brearton Briggswath Brompton Brompton-by-Sawdon Brompton-on-Swale Brotherton Broughton Broughton Broughton Brough with St Giles Buckden Bulmer Burn Burneston Burniston Burnsall
Burnt Yates Burton in Lonsdale Burton Leonard Burton Salmon Burythorpe Buttercrambe Butterwick Butterwick Byland Abbey Caldwell Camblesforth Carleton-in-Craven Carlton Carlton Carlton Husthwaite Carlton in Cleveland Carlton Miniott Carperby Carthorpe Castleton Cattal Catterick
Cawood Cayton Chapel Haddlesey Chop Gate Church Fenton Clapham
Cleasby Cliffe Cliffe Cloughton Colburn Cold Kirby Colton Commondale Coneysthorpe Coneythorpe Coniston Cold Conistone
Cononley Constable Burton Copgrove Copt Hewick Cotterdale Cowling Cowthorpe Coxwold Cracoe Crakehall Crathorne
CRAVEN Former district of North Yorkshire Cray Crayke Croft-on-Tees Cropton Crosshills Cundall Dacre Dacre Banks Dalton Dalton Dalton-on-Tees Danby Danby Wiske Darley Deighton Dishforth Downholme Draughton Drax Duggleby Easingwold
East Ayton East Cowton Eastfield East Harlsey East Heslerton East Layton East Marton East Rounton East Witton Ebberston Eggborough
Egton Egton Bridge Ellerby Embsay
Eppleby Escrick Exelby Faceby Fadmoor Fairburn Farlington Farnham Farnhill Farnley Fearby Feizor Felixkirk Ferrensby Filey
Finghall Flaxby Flaxton Flixton Folkton Follifoot Forcett Foxholes Fylingthorpe Galphay Gammersgill Ganton Gargrave
Gateforth Gayle Gayles Gillamoor Gilling East Gilling West
Giggleswick Glasshouses Glaisdale Glusburn Goathland
Goldsborough Goldsborough Grassington
Great Ayton
Great Barugh Great Edstone Great Fencote Great Habton Great Heck Great Langton Great Ouseburn Great Smeaton Great Thirkleby Green Hammerton Greenhow Hill Grewelthorpe Grinton Gristhorpe Grosmont
Gunnerside Hackforth Hackness Halton Gill
HAMBLETON Former district of North Yorkshire Hambleton Hampsthwaite Hardraw Harmby Harome
HARROGATE Former district of North Yorkshire Harrogate
Harwood Dale Hawes
Hawnby Hawsker Healaugh Healaugh Healey Hebden Hellifield Helmsley
Helperby Helperthorpe Helwith Bridge Hemingbrough Hensall Hetton High Bentham High Grantley Hillam Hinderwell Hipswell Hirst Courtney Hornby Horsehouse Horton in Ribblesdale
Hovingham
Hubberholme Huby Huby Hudswell Hunmanby Hunsingore Hunton Husthwaite Hutton Buscel Hutton Conyers Hutton-le-Hole
Hutton Rudby Hutton Sessay Ingleby Arncliffe and Ingleby Cross Ingleby Greenhow Ingleton
Jervaulx Keld
Kelfield Kellington Kepwick Kettleness Kettlesing Kettlewell
Kilburn Kildale Kildwick Killinghall Kilnsey
Kirby Grindalythe Kirby Hill Kirby Hill Kirby Knowle Kirby Misperton Kirby Sigston Kirby Wiske Kirkby in Cleveland Kirkby Fleetham Kirkby Malham
Kirkby Malzeard Kirkbymoorside
Kirkby Overblow Kirk Deighton Kirkham Kirk Hammerton Kirklington Kirk Smeaton Knaresborough
Knayton Langcliffe Langthorpe Langthwaite Langton Lastingham Lealholm
Leathley Leavening Leeming Leeming Bar Levisham Leyburn
Linton Linton-on-Ouse Little Fenton Little Ouseburn Little Ribston Littlethorpe Litton Lockton Lofthouse
Long Marston Long Preston
Lothersdale Low Bentham Lower Dunsforth Low Laithe Low Mill Low Worsall Lythe Malham
Malton
Manfield Marrick Markington Marske Marton Marton-cum-Grafton Marton in the Forest Marton-le-Moor Masham
Masongill Maunby Melmerby Melmerby Melsonby Mickleby Middleham
Middlesmoor Middleton Middleton Tyas Minskip Monk Fryston Morton-on-Swale Moulton Muker Muston Myton-on-Swale Nawton Nether Silton Newby Newby Newby Wiske Newholm Newsham Newton Kyme Newton le Willows Newton-on-Ouse Newton upon Rawcliffe Normanby Northallerton
North Cowton North Duffield North Grimston North Rigton North Stainley Norton-le-Clay Norton-on-Derwent
Nosterfield Nunnington Nun Monkton Old Malton Osgodby Osgodby Osmotherley Oswaldkirk Otterburn Oulston Pannal Pateley Bridge
Patrick Brompton Pickering
Pickhill Pockley Potto Preston-under-Scar Rainton Ramsgill Raskelf Rathmell Ravenscar Ravensworth Redmire Reeth
Reighton Ribblehead Riccall Richmond
RICHMONDSHIRE Former district of North Yorkshire Rievaulx Rillington Ripley Ripon
Risplith Robin Hood's Bay
Roecliffe Romanby Rosedale Abbey Roxby Rudby Runswick Bay
Ruswarp
RYEDALE Former district of North Yorkshire Rylstone Ryther Salton Sandhutton Sand Hutton Sandsend
Sawley Saxton Scagglethorpe Scalby Scampston
SCARBOROUGH Former district of North Yorkshire Scarborough
Scarthingwell Scorton Scotton Scruton Seamer Seamer
SELBY Former district of North Yorkshire Selby
Sessay Settle
Settrington Sharow Sherburn Sherburn in Elmet
Sheriff Hutton Shipton by Beningbrough Sicklinghall Simonstone Sinderby Sinnington Skeeby Skelton on Ure Skipton
Skipton-on-Swale Skipwith Sleights Slingsby Snainton Snape Sneaton South Duffield South Kilvington South Milford South Otterington South Stainley Sowerby Speeton Spennithorne Spofforth Stainforth Stainsacre Staintondale Staithes
Stanwick St John Stapleton Starbeck Starbotton Staveley Staxton Stillingfleet Stillington Stokesley
Stonegrave Stutton Summerbridge Sutton-in-Craven Sutton on the Forest Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe Swainby Swinton Tadcaster
Temple Hirst Terrington Thimbleby Thirlby Thirsk
Thixendale Tholthorpe Thoralby Thormanby Thorganby Thornborough Thornthwaite Thornton-in-Craven Thornton in Lonsdale Thornton-le-Beans Thornton-le-Clay Thornton-le-Dale
Thornton-le-Moor Thornton-le-Street Thornton Rust Thornton Steward Thornton Watlass Thorpe Bassett Thorpe Willoughby Threshfield Thwaite Timble Tockwith Tollerton Topcliffe Tosside Towton Tunstall Ugglebarnby Ugthorpe Ulleskelf Walshford Wass Wath Weaverthorpe Weeton Welburn Welbury Well Wensley West Ayton West Burton Westerdale West Haddlesey West Heslerton West Lilling West Lutton West Marton Westow West Rounton West Scrafton West Tanfield West Witton Wharram le Street Whashton Whenby Whitby
Whitley Whitwell-on-the-Hill Whixley Wigglesworth Wighill Willerby Wilsill Winksley Wintringham Wistow Wombleton Womersley Wrelton Wykeham Yafforth Yearsley Yedingham
NORTH YORKSHIREunitary authority
With around 700 towns and villages within the new unitary authority, we continue to maintain our gazetteer indexes for each of the former districts to help you more easily manage your search for places:
CRAVEN HAMBLETON HARROGATE RICHMONDSHIRE RYEDALE SCARBOROUGH SELBYWe continue to add more villages to our A to Y gazetteer and the above may not yet list all places in North Yorkshire unitary authority area