Acomb
Acomb, is a village and suburb within the City of York unitary authority area, in North Yorkshire, England, to the western side of York. It covers the site of the original village of the same name, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 7,730 residents
- Description: village in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Acomb, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Stephen’s Church, Acomb and York Cold War Bunker.
St Stephen’s Church, Acomb
Church
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Stephen's Church is the parish church of Acomb, a suburb of York in England. A church has lain on the site since the Saxon period, and some remains of the Saxon church were uncovered in 1830.
York Cold War Bunker
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The York Cold War Bunker is a two-storey, semi-subterranean, Cold War bunker in the Holgate area of York, England, built in 1961 to monitor nuclear explosions and fallout in Yorkshire, in the event of nuclear war.
Holgate Windmill
Photo: Synaptic peach, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holgate Windmill is a tower mill at Holgate in York, North Yorkshire, England which has been restored to working order.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holgate and Knapton.
Holgate
Suburb
Holgate is a suburb of York in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located about 1 mile west of Micklegate Bar in the city walls. Holgate is also the name of an electoral ward in the City of York unitary authority.
Knapton
Hamlet
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knapton is a village in the civil parish of Rufforth with Knapton, in the City of York unitary authority area and ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.
Woodthorpe
Suburb
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodthorpe is a suburb in the south west of the city of York, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The surrounding areas are Dringhouses and Foxwood.
Acomb
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: York, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.95531° or 53° 57′ 19″ northLongitude
-1.12555° or 1° 7′ 32″ westPopulation
7,730Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)Open location code
9C5WXV4F+4QOpenStreetMap ID
node 26261695OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
2657701Wikidata ID
Q4674476
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Acomb” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Acomb, North Yorkshire”
- Irish: “Acomb, Yorkshire Thuaidh”
- Irish: “Acomb”
- Japanese: “エークーム”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ācum, Norþ Þriðing”
- Polish: “Acomb (North Yorkshire)”
- Polish: “Acomb”
- Swedish: “Acomb, North Yorkshire”
- Swedish: “Acomb”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ فیلڈ، نیویارک”
- “Acomb”
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