Easingwold
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| Easingwold | ||
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| Statistics | ||
| Population: | 4230 | |
| Ordnance Survey | ||
| OS grid reference: | SE529696 | |
| Administration | ||
| District: | Hambleton | |
| Shire county: | North Yorkshire | |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| Constituent country: | England | |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom | |
| Other | ||
| Ceremonial county: | North Yorkshire | |
| Historic county: | Yorkshire (North Riding) | |
| Services | ||
| Police force: | North Yorkshire Police | |
| Fire and rescue: | {{{Fire}}} | |
| Ambulance: | Yorkshire | |
| Post office and telephone | ||
| Post town: | YORK | |
| Postal district: | YO61 | |
| Dialling code: | 01347 | |
| Politics | ||
| UK Parliament: | Vale of York | |
| European Parliament: | Yorkshire and the Humber | |
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Easingwold is a small market town in North Yorkshire, England. It is located 13 miles north of York, at the foot of the Howardian hills. The name of Easingwold is Anglo Saxon in origin. King John had a hunting lodge there and the Royal Forest of Galtres (no longer a forest) surrounded the area.
Shirley Shepherd is currently chairman of the council and Mayor of Easingwold. It was bypassed by the A19 in November 1994. Easingwold school is the largest in the surrounding area and has around 1,300 pupils.
Easingwold is served by several busses to nearby villages, towns and the city of york.
[edit] Reference
- Hartley, K.E., (1970), The Easingwold Railway, (Revised Redman, R.N.: 1991), Locomotion Papers No. 46, The Oakwood Press, ISBN 0-85361-413-X
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