Arkle Town
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![]() Looking past Raw Bank to Arkle Town in the middle distance with Langthwaite behind |
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OS grid reference | NZ006024 |
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District | Richmondshire |
Shire county | North Yorkshire |
Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | RICHMOND |
Postcode district | DL11 |
Dialling code | 01748 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
UK Parliament | Richmond |
Coordinates: 54°25′02″N 1°59′32″W / 54.41714°N 1.99214°W
Arkle Town is a hamlet adjoining Langthwaite in Arkengarthdale in the Richmondshire district of, North Yorkshire, England. Arkel is a Norse personal name and probably arrived with settlers during the tenth century.[1] Formerly it had a parish church, inn and workhouse. Now there are none of these though the graveyard can still be traced.
The 1851 census counted 41 houses in Arkle Town.[2]
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