Bishop Monkton
Bishop Monkton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, about five miles south of Ripon. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 775, increasing slightly to 778 at the 2011 Census.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 778 residents
- Description: village in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bishop Monkton, North Yorkshire” and “Monkton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St John the Baptist’s Church, Bishop Monkton and Bishop Monkton Ings.
St John the Baptist’s Church, Bishop Monkton
Church
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Baptist's Church is the parish church of Bishop Monkton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A chapel of ease was first recorded in Bishop Monkton in 1356.
Bishop Monkton Ings
Protected area
Bishop Monkton Ings is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, or SSSI, situated east of Bishop Monkton village in North Yorkshire, England. It consists mostly of marshy, calcareous grassland, with some broadleaved woodland, and some fen alongside the two watercourses which run through the site.
Newby Hall
Castle
Photo: Lynne Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newby Hall is a country house beside the River Ure in the parish of Skelton-on-Ure in North Yorkshire, England. It is 3 miles south-east of Ripon and 6 miles south of Topcliffe Castle, by which the manor of Newby was originally held.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wormald Green and South Stainley.
Wormald Green
Hamlet
Wormald Green is a village in the civil parish of Markington with Wallerthwaite in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the A61 road between Harrogate and Ripon which crosses over Markington Beck here. Wormald Green is situated 1½ miles southwest of Bishop Monkton.
South Stainley
Hamlet
Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Stainley is a small village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Nearby settlements include the city of Ripon, the town of Harrogate and the village of Markington. South Stainley is situated 2½ miles southwest of Bishop Monkton.
Skelton-on-Ure
Hamlet
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skelton-on-Ure or Skelton is a village and civil parish in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated 1.9 miles west of Boroughbridge, near the A1 motorway. Skelton-on-Ure is situated 2½ miles northeast of Bishop Monkton.
Bishop Monkton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Bishop Monkton, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.09155° or 54° 5′ 30″ northLongitude
-1.50025° or 1° 30′ 1″ westPopulation
778Elevation
98 feet (30 metres)Open location code
9C6W3FRX+JWOpenStreetMap ID
node 29543506OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2655577Wikidata ID
Q2541793
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Bishop Monkton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bishop Monkton”
- Dutch: “Bishop Monkton”
- French: “Bishop Monkton”
- Irish: “Bishop Monkton”
- Ladin: “Bishop Monkton”
- Polish: “Bishop Monkton”
- Spanish: “Bishop Monkton”
- Swedish: “Bishop Monkton”
- Turkish: “Bishop Monkton”
- Urdu: “بشپ مونکٹن”
- “Bishop Monkton”
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