Yorkshire A to Y
Gazetteer
Richmondshire former district — part of 
NORTH YORKSHIRE X
Richmondshire was one of the seven now-abolished large district authorities which have been merged into a unitary authority of The Richmondshire district covered around 509 square miles in the north-west of the area now run by North Yorkshire Council, the unitary authority the Government has created from the former County Council which covers a massive area of around 3,085 square miles and more than 600 towns and villages.
Over half the district is formed of the northern part of the
The administrative centre was the town of Richmond . The area also has a few small market towns and dozens of villages.
Despite the vast area over which it is spread, the population of Richmondshire was the smallest of any Yorkshire district authority at around 53,000.
There are 54 parish and town councils within Richmondshire and a further 26 civil parishes have parish meetings.
To view our gazetteer of places across all the new North Yorkshire Council unitary authority see
NORTH YORKSHIRE Places in the Richmondshire district were:
Aldbrough St John Appersett 
Askrigg 
Aysgarth 
Bainbridge Barton Richmondshire 
Bellerby Bolton-on-Swale Booze Brompton-on-Swale Brough with St Giles Caldwell Carlton Richmondshire Carperby Catterick 
Cleasby Cliffe near Piercebridge Colburn Constable Burton Cotterdale Croft-on-Tees Dalton Richmondshire Dalton-on-Tees Downholme East Layton East Witton Eppleby Finghall Forcett Gammersgill Gayle Gayles Gilling West 
Grinton Gunnerside Hardraw Harmby Hawes 
Healaugh Richmondshire Hipswell Horsehouse Hudswell Hunton Jervaulx Keld 
Kirby Hill Langthwaite Leyburn 
Manfield Marrick Marske Melmerby Richmondshire Melsonby Middleham 
Middleton Tyas Moulton Muker Newsham Newton le Willows North Cowton Patrick Brompton Preston-under-Scar Ravensworth Redmire Reeth 
Richmond 
Scorton Simonstone Skeeby Spennithorne Stanwick St John Stapleton Thoralby Thornton Rust Thornton Steward Thwaite Tunstall North Yorkshire Wensley West Burton West Scrafton West Witton Whashton We continue to add more villages to our A to Y gazetteer and the above may not yet list all places in Richmondshire former district — part of
NORTH YORKSHIRE