Commondale

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|54.485700|-0.980400|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Commondale

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| population = 129

| population_ref = (2011 census)

| civil_parish = Commondale

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Scarborough and Whitby

| post_town = WHITBY

| postcode_district = YO21

| postcode_area = YO

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = NZ661105

}}

Commondale is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England that lies within the North York Moors National Park.

The village is served by Commondale railway station. It has a small pub called The Cleveland Inn.

File:Stained glass window in Commondale church.jpg

According to the 2011 UK census, Commondale parish had a population of 129,{{NOMIS2011

| id = 1170217329

| title = Commondale Parish

| accessdate = 8 March 2018}} the same as in the 2001 UK census.{{cite web

|url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=798186&c=commondale&d=16&e=15&g=476702&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1215466070151&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779

|title = 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Commondale CP (Parish)

|accessdate = 7 July 2008

|work = Neighbourhood Statistics

|publisher = Office for National Statistics

|archive-date = 26 May 2011

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110526005027/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=798186&c=commondale&d=16&e=15&g=476702&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1215466070151&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779

|url-status = dead

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From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The village's name was also historically recorded as Colmandale or Colemandale.{{Cite web|url=http://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/id/53286b32b47fc40bc60004a4|title=Commondale :: Survey of English Place-Names|website=epns.nottingham.ac.uk|access-date=2020-04-29}}{{Cite book|last=Young|first=George|url=https://archive.org/details/ahistorywhitbya00youngoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/ahistorywhitbya00youngoog/page/n193 175]|title=A History of Whitby, and Streoneshalh Abbey: With a Statistical Survey of the Vicinity to the Distance of Twenty-five Miles|date=1817|publisher=Clark and Medd|language=en}}

Commondale is also the home of the Cleveland County Scouts campsite known as Raven Gill Campsite. This is used by Scouts and other youth groups from all around the world. This provides a good trade for the village pub and also promotes good farming practice in the area.