Easingwold

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Easingwold
Easingwold (North Yorkshire)
Easingwold

Easingwold shown within North Yorkshire
Population 4230
OS grid reference SE529696
District Hambleton
Shire county North Yorkshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town YORK
Postcode district YO61
Dialling code 01347
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
European Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament Vale of York
List of places: UKEnglandYorkshire

Coordinates: 54°07′11″N 1°11′23″W / 54.1198, -1.1897

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.

John Tanner-Smith 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 buses to nearby villages, towns and the City of York.

The Cabinet Office have their Emergency Planning College at The Hawkhills, Easingwold[1][2].

[edit] Education

Easingwold has its own secondary school, Easingwold School, which is now a specialist Language College.

[edit] References

  • 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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