North Yorkshire
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Preston-under-Scar

Preston-under-Scar

Preston-under-Scar is a village and civil parish in , England. It is situated approximately 2 miles west of . The village population was 120 at the 2001 census, increasing to 170 by the 2011 census.
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  • Type: Village with 170 residents
  • Description: village in North Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Preston under Scar” and “Preston-under-Scar, North Yorkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Margaret’s Church, Preston-under-Scar and Keld Heads Mine.

Church
Photo: Roger Templeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Margaret's Church is a in Preston-under-Scar, a village in , in England. Preston-under-Scar was in the parish of .

Ruins
is a closed lead mine in Preston-under-Scar, a village in , in England. Lead is first recorded as having been mined at Keld Heads in the 12th century.

Quarry
is an active limestone quarry near to Preston-under-Scar, , England. Products from the quarry include industrial carbonate, crushed rock aggregate, and agricultural lime.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wensley and West Witton.

Village
Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village and civil parish in , England. It consists of a few homes and holiday cottage, an inn, a pub and a historic church. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Preston-under-Scar.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the county of , England. Located in in the it lies on the A684. is situated 2 miles south of Preston-under-Scar.

Hamlet
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the , , England. It lies on the A684 road, 2 miles miles east of . From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. is situated 2 miles southwest of Preston-under-Scar.

Preston-under-Scar

Latitude
54.3154° or 54° 18′ 55″ north
Longitude
-1.89339° or 1° 53′ 36″ west
Population
170
Elevation
758 feet (231 metres)
Open location code
9C6W8484+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 243352153
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
12262699
Wiki­data ID
Q2474434
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Preston-under-Scar” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Preston-under-Scar”
  • Dutch: “Preston-under-Scar”
  • French: “Preston-under-Scar”
  • Irish: “Preston-under-Scar”
  • Ladin: “Preston-under-Scar”
  • Polish: “Preston-under-Scar”
  • Swedish: “Preston-under-Scar”
  • Turkish: “Preston-under-Scar”
  • “Preston-under-Scar”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Preston-under-Scar”. Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.