Sproxton, North Yorkshire

For other places with the same name, see Sproxton (disambiguation).

Sproxton
Sproxton Sproxton shown within North Yorkshire
Population	219 (Including Rievaulx. 2011)^[1]
OS grid reference	SE615815
Civil parish	Sproxton
District	Ryedale
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	York
Postcode district	YO62
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Thirsk and Malton
List of places UK England Yorkshire

Coordinates: 54°13′33″N 1°03′28″W / 54.225935°N 1.057720°W / 54.225935; -1.057720

Sproxton is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 1 mile south of Helmsley and on the junction between the A170 road and the B1257 road on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. The village was founded by the Banks family who originated from the Barlow family who designed the original wooden Nelson Gates.

Sproxton lies within the Helmsley ward of Ryedale District Council and the Kirkbymoorside electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council. For Westminster elections Sproxton comes under the Thirsk and Malton constituency, currently represented by Anne McIntosh, a Conservative.

The Nelson Gate near Sproxton, built in 1806, a monument to Admiral Nelson

References

↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

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