Ryedale

This article is about the local government district. For the dale, see Rye Dale. For the constituency, see Ryedale (UK Parliament constituency).

Coordinates: 54°08′20″N 0°47′24″W / 54.139°N 0.79°W

Ryedale District
District

Shown within North Yorkshire
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative county North Yorkshire
Admin. HQ Malton
Government
 • Type Ryedale District Council
 • Leadership: Alternative - Sec. 31
 • Executive: Conservative
 • MP: Anne McIntosh
Area
 • Total 582 sq mi (1,507 km2)
Area rank 11th
Population (2011 est.)
 • Total 51,900
 • Rank Ranked 319th
 • Density 89/sq mi (34/km2)
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) British Summer Time (UTC+1)
ONS code 36UF (ONS)
E07000167 (GSS)
Ethnicity 99.4% White
Website ryedale.gov.uk

Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district of the shire county of North Yorkshire in England. Settlements include Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Norton-on-Derwent, Pickering, and Terrington. Part of Ryedale lies within the North York Moors National Park.

Derivation of name

The name refers to the River Rye and was previously used for the Ryedale wapentake of Yorkshire, that covered roughly the same area. The current district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of urban district of Norton and Norton Rural District, from the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, along with the urban districts of Malton and Pickering with Flaxton Rural District, Helmsley Rural District, Kirkbymoorside Rural District, Malton Rural District and Pickering Rural District, all from the North Riding of Yorkshire.

York Unitary Authority

The district lost about half its population in 1996, when an expanded City of York became a unitary authority, specifically the parishes of Clifton Without, Earswick, Haxby, Heworth Without, Holtby, Huntington, Murton, New Earswick, Osbaldwick, Rawcliffe, Skelton, Stockton-on-the-Forest, Strensall, Towthorpe, and Wigginton.[1][2] According to the 2001 census these parishes combined had a population of 50,163, compared to the population of the rump Ryedale district of 50,872.

Notable residents

Demographics

For all districts in the Yorkshire and the Humber region, Ryedale has the lowest rate of teenage pregnancy.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199495/cmhansrd/1995-02-28/Debate-13.html www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk
  2. ↑ http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19950610_en_2.htm#end opsi.gov.uk

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