Eppleby
{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| static_image = Village Green, Eppleby, near Richmond, North Yorkshire.jpg
| static_image_width = 250px
| static_image_caption = Eppleby village green
| coordinates = {{coord|54.51355|-1.72668|display=inline,title}}
| label_position = top
| official_name = Eppleby
| population = 269
| population_ref = (2011 census){{NOMIS2011|id=E04007480|title=Eppleby Parish |accessdate=26 May 2020}}
| unitary_england = North Yorkshire
| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire
| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster = Richmond and Northallerton
| post_town = RICHMOND
| postcode_district = DL11
| postcode_area = DL
| dial_code =
| os_grid_reference = NZ177131
}}
Eppleby is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located about {{convert|7|mi}} north of Richmond.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 92 Barnard Castle & Richmond (Teesdale)|isbn= 9780319228982 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2011}} According to the 2011 United Kingdom census, the population of the parish was 269.
History
Eppleby was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1096 as being in the hundred of "Land of Count Alan" and the county of Yorkshire, the population was estimated at 0.9 households.{{Cite web|title=Eppleby {{!}} Domesday Book|url=https://opendomesday.org/place/NZ1713/eppleby/|website=opendomesday.org|access-date=2020-05-31}}
In 1870–72 John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Eppleby as:
"a township in Forcett parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the N border of the county, 2½ miles N by E of Gainford r. station, and 9 N of Richmond. Acres, 1, 060. Real property, £1, 964. Pop., 245. Houses, 59. There is a Free Methodist chapel"{{cite web|title=History of Eppleby, in Richmondshire and North Riding {{!}} Map and description|url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12431|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk|accessdate=2020-05-26}}The Methodist chapel was also mentioned in The London Gazette, although little evidence of the building save for a group of houses named Chapel Row remains in the village.{{cite web|title=London Gazette 31/01/1980|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/48084/page/1600/data.pdf|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archivedate=|accessdate=}} Evidence of the disused Forcett branch line of the Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway, which was opened in 1867 can be found in the Eppleby.{{cite web|last=Barker|first=Philip|title=Track and Bridge over Dismantled Railway.|date=13 December 2009|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Track_and_Bridge_over_Dismantled_Railway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1619762.jpg|volume=|pages=|accessdate=26 May 2020}}
Governance
The village lies within the Richmond and Northallerton parliamentary constituency, which is under the control of the Conservative Party. The current Member of Parliament, since the 2015 general election, is Rishi Sunak. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
Community and culture
Eppleby has one public house, The Cross Keys, as well as a village shop and tea room that was opened in 2013.{{cite web|title=New businesses to boost village|url=https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/story/2013-07-22/new-businesses-to-boost-village/|website=ITV News|accessdate=26 May 2020}} The village hall is a multi-purpose venue that also houses a part-time post office.{{cite web|title=Branch Finder {{!}} Post Office|url=https://www.postoffice.co.uk/branch-finder/5774705/eppleby|website=www.postoffice.co.uk|accessdate=26 May 2020}} The village primary school, Trinity Academy Eppleby-Forcett, has been in federation with the Church of England school in Middleton Tyas since 2015, and in 2018 both schools joined with Richmond Church of England primary school and rebranded to form Trinity Academy, with all three sites sharing the one executive head teacher.{{cite web|title=Richmondshire schools celebrate new names and new beginnings|url=http://www.richmondshiretoday.co.uk/richmondshire-schools-celebrate-new-names-new-beginings/|last=Willis|first=Joe|date=11 May 2018|website=Richmondshire Today|accessdate=26 May 2020}}
See also
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