Bishop Monkton is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the Harrogate

Harrogate (borough)

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 district of North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

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, England

England

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, about five miles south of Ripon

Ripon

Ripon is a cathedral city, market town and successor parish in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, located at the confluence of two streams of the River Ure in the form of the Laver and Skell. The city is noted for its main feature the Ripon Cathedral which is architecturally...

. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 775.
Main features of the village include a beck which runs through the centre of the village, two churches (St John the Baptist [C of E] and a Methodist church), a newly-built village hall and playing fields, a primary school, two pubs and two caravan sites.

It is within easy reach of Ripon and Harrogate (via the A61

A61 road

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). Leeds is a 50-minute drive (via the A59

A59 road

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), as is York.

Littlethorpe and Burton Leonard

Burton Leonard

Burton Leonard is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England, about six miles south of Ripon. The village is typical of the area and centres round a green, with two pubs, a church, a small primary school, a cricket field and a village shop. Buses run daily from...

are the nearest villages.

History

Settlement in Bishop Monkton dates back over 1000 years by visitors who came over the North Sea and travelled up the Ouse. More recent major developments include a council estate built in the 1960s, and two more housing estates built at the south-eastern tip of the village.

External links

• Bishop Monkton Website - Maintained by Richard Field