Ilton, North Yorkshire

Ilton
Ilton
 Ilton shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE191782
Civil parishIlton cum Pott
DistrictHarrogate
Shire countyNorth Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town RIPON
Postcode district HG4
Dialling code 01765
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
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Coordinates: 54°12′00″N 1°42′36″W / 54.200°N 1.71°W / 54.200; -1.71

Ilton is a village in North Yorkshire, England, 3 miles south-west of the small town of Masham. It is the principal settlement in the civil parish of Ilton cum Pott, in Harrogate district. The parish includes Roundhill Reservoir.

The name is recorded in the Domesday Book as Ilcheton, meaning "settlement of a man called Ylca".[1]

Near the village is the Druids' Temple, a replica of Stonehenge built in about 1800 by William Danby of nearby Swinton Park.[2][3]

Ilton Druid's Temple

References

  1. ↑ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Ilton NYorks", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Details from image database (325023)". Images of England.
  3. ↑ "Druids Temple". Bivouac Swinton. Retrieved 28 November 2014.


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