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West Rounton
West Rounton in England North East, United Kingdom.
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- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
West Rounton is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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West Rounton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is 8 miles (13 km) north of Northallerton. East Rounton is about 1-mile (1.6 km) away across the fields. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Hambleton District, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
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Background
History
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Rontun or Runtune, and as having 75 ploughlands and 100 acre of meadows. The name Rounton derives from the Old English hrung, and tūn (rung-town). The first part refers to a type of bridge made with poles, often built over marshy ground. Historically, the village was in the wapentake of Allertonshire, today being in the Hambleton District. The nearest railway station was just outside the village (), which opened in June 1852, and closed in September 1939. The modern civil parish consists largely of agricultural land covering over 1,500 acre, with the River Wiske flowing westwards across the parish. St Oswald's Church, West Rounton, dates from…
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- Coordinates
- 54.4248, -1.3641
Sources
- wikidata: Q7986400 (CC0)
- wikipedia: West Rounton (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is West Rounton?
- West Rounton is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.4248°, -1.3641°.