Middlethorpe, North Yorkshire
Hamlet in North Yorkshire, England
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Middlethorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bishopthorpe, in the unitary authority area of City of York, in North Yorkshire, England.
| Middlethorpe | |
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.svg)  Middlethorpe Location within North Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SE599487 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | YORK |
| Postcode district | YO23 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
The village was made a Conservation Area in 1975. Middlethorpe Hall dates from 1699[1] and Middlethorpe Manor from about 1700.[2]
Middlethorpe was formerly a township in the parish of St. Mary-Bishopshill-Senior,[3] in 1866 Middlethorpe became a separate civil parish,[4] in 1894 the parish was abolished and split to form Middlethorpe Within from the part in the County Borough of York and Middlethorpe Without from the rural part.[5] In 1891 the parish had a population of 128.[6]
The name Middlethorpe derives from the Old English middel meaning 'middle', and the Old Norse þorp meaning 'secondary settlement'.[7]
