Irton
Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
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Irton is a village and civil parish, 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Scarborough in the county of North Yorkshire, England.[2] According to the 2011 UK census, Irton parish had a population of 312,[3] a decrease on the 2001 UK census figure of 332.[4] In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated that the parish had a population of 310.[1]
| Irton | |
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Irton Pumping Station | |
.svg)  Irton Location within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 310 (2015 NYCC)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TA010841 |
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| Unitary authority | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SCARBOROUGH |
| Postcode district | YO12 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
History
Irton is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to William Percy, and within the old wapentake of Dic.[5] It is recorded as Iretune, which is partly from Old Norse, meaning the farm of the Irishmen (or Irishman). It has been recorded over the years with named variations such as I-,yrton, Hyrton, and Urton.[6][7]
Historically, the village was a township in the Parish of Seamer, within the wapentake of Pickering Lythe (the later name for the wapentake of Dic).[8] The village and surrounding area became their own separate civil parish after 1866 in the old North Riding of Yorkshire,[9] and in 1974, it was moved from Scarborough Rural District to the Borough of Scarborough as a standalone parish.[10] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.[11] The village is represented in the UK Parliament as part of the Scarborough and Whitby Constituency.[12]
Part of the village clustered around Main Street was designated as a conservation in 1984.[13] The village is host to a waterworks which takes water from a local aquifer via a borehole dug 428 feet (130 m) deep.[14] The plant was built in the 1880s to provide water to the Scarborough area.[15][16] The plant had a siding off the now closed Forge Valley, which supplied coal for the boilers producing steam to work the beam engines pumping water.[17]
