Hartoft

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|54.3534|-0.8421|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Hartoft

| population = 50

| population_ref =

| civil_parish = Hartoft

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Thirsk and Malton

| post_town = PICKERING

| postcode_district = YO18

| postcode_area = YO

| dial_code = 01751

| os_grid_reference = SE 754 959

}}

Hartoft is a hamlet in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately {{convert|7|mi|km|0}} north-northwest from Pickering.{{cite book|title=History, Directory & Gazeteer, of the County of York: Vol II|editor=Edward Baines|editor-link=Edward Baines (1774–1848)|year=1823|page=450|url=https://archive.org/stream/historydirector01baingoog#page/n469|accessdate=18 September 2018}} The nearest village, Rosedale Abbey, is situated {{convert|1.8|mi|km|0}} away.{{cite book | title=Transactions – North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers | issue=v. 6 | year=1858 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hSVWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA19 | access-date=23 October 2018 | page=19|quote=It is again met with in "Hartoft Vale," about two miles to the south-east of Rosedale Abbey, where i* has been lately opened out, and although there is a great thickness of it there also, only about three feet of it appears to be of average quality.}}

It was part of the Ryedale district between 1974 and 2023. It is now administered by North Yorkshire Council.