East Layton
East Layton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, close to the border with County Durham and a few miles west of Darlington.Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Hamlet with 86 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “East Layton, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Christ Church and Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Andy Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church is an Anglican church in East Layton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A chapel in East Layton was first recorded in 1619. The current building was constructed in 1895, commissioned by Mrs Maynard Proud, and is still owned by her family trust.
Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications
Archaeological site
Photo: Lizzyp, Public domain.
The Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications, a huge Iron Age hill fort, sometimes but not always considered an oppidum, comprising over 9 kilometres of ditches and ramparts enclosing approximately 300 hectares of land, are situated in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England. Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications is situated 1½ miles northeast of East Layton.
Ravensworth Castle
Ruins
Photo: David Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ravensworth Castle is a ruined 14th-century castle in the village of Ravensworth, North Yorkshire, England. It has been designated a Grade I listed building by English Heritage. Ravensworth Castle is situated 2 miles southwest of East Layton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hartforth and Aldbrough St John.
Hartforth
Locality
Photo: Roger Dean, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hartforth is a small village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately 9 miles south-west from the market town of Darlington, and is part of the civil parish of Gilling with Hartforth and Sedbury. Hartforth is situated 2½ miles south of East Layton.
Aldbrough St John
Village
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Aldbrough St John is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The parish has a population of 325, increasing to 392 at the 2011 Census. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. Aldbrough St John is situated 2½ miles east of East Layton.
Hutton Magna
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hutton Magna is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. Situated 7.6 miles southeast of Barnard Castle. Lying within the historic boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the village along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District has been administered by County Durham since 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972. Hutton Magna is situated 3 miles northwest of East Layton.
East Layton
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: East Layton, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.48433° or 54° 29′ 4″ northLongitude
-1.74873° or 1° 44′ 55″ westPopulation
86Elevation
558 feet (170 metres)Open location code
9C6WF7M2+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 29541781OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
7302941Wikidata ID
Q654322
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“East Layton” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شرق لايتون”
- Catalan: “East Layton”
- Cebuano: “East Layton”
- Dutch: “East Layton”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شرق لايتون”
- French: “East Layton”
- Galician: “East Layton”
- Irish: “East Layton”
- Italian: “East Layton”
- Ladin: “East Layton”
- Persian: “لیتون شرقی”
- Polish: “East Layton”
- Spanish: “East Layton”
- Swedish: “East Layton”
- Turkish: “East Layton”
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