Eldmire with Crakehill

{{Short description|Civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}

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

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

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|54.156|-1.344|type:adm3rd_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Eldmire with Crakehill

| type = Civil parish

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| static_image_caption =

| static_image_width = 300px

| static_image_2_name = Eldmire with Crakehill UK parish locator map.svg

| static_image_2_width = 300px

| map_type = nomap

| population = 30

| population_ref =

| civil_parish = Eldmire with Crakehill

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Thirsk and Malton

| post_town = THIRSK

| postcode_district = YO7

| postcode_area = YO

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SE428735

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Eldmire with Crakehill is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the parish was estimated at 30 in 2013.{{cite web|publisher=North Yorkshire County Council|title=Population Estimates|year=2013|url=http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0|accessdate=24 July 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113133520/http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0|archivedate=13 January 2012}} In the 2011 census the population was included with Sessay and Hutton Sessay and not counted separately.

There is no village in the parish: it consists of a number of scattered houses and farms, including the hamlets of Eldmire and Crakehill, on the east bank of the River Swale. Crakehill was mentioned in Domesday Book (as Crecala). It was joined with the manor of Eldmire (also spelt Elmire) from at least the early 14th century. The two settlements formed a township in the ancient parish of Topcliffe{{cite web|title=Parishes: Topcliffe|work=Victoria County History. A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 2|editor=William Page|date=1923|pages=70–80|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol2/pp70-80|accessdate= 24 July 2016}} and became a separate civil parish in 1866.[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10420520 Vision of Britain website]

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton and is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.