Ingleby Arncliffe

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

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

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image =Arncliffe Hall - geograph.org.uk - 612142.jpg

| static_image_caption = Arncliffe Hall

| coordinates = {{coord|54|24|07|N|1|18|44|W|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Ingleby Arncliffe

| population = 304

| population_ref = (2011 census){{NOMIS2011|id=1170216864|title=Ingleby Arncliffe Parish |accessdate=28 April 2018}}

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Richmond and Northallerton

| post_town = NORTHALLERTON

| postcode_district = DL6

| postcode_area = DL

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = NZ446008

| london_distance_mi = 214

| london_direction = south

}}

Ingleby Arncliffe is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated between the A172 and A19 roads, {{convert|6.5|mi|km|1}} north-east from Northallerton and {{convert|7|mi|km|1}} south-east from the small market town of Stokesley, and is on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. The village is conjoined to its smaller neighbour, Ingleby Cross. Ingleby Arncliffe lies in the historic county of the North Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

History

File:Old Water Tower Ingleby Arncliffe.jpg

According to A Dictionary of British Place Names, Ingleby is derived from the Old Scandinavian "Englar + by", meaning "farmstead or village of the Englishmen", and Arncliffe, Old English "earn + cliff", meaning "eagles' cliff".Mills, A. D. (2003) A Dictionary of British Place Names, p. 256, Oxford University Press, revised edition (2011). {{ISBN|019960908X}}

All Saints' Church, Ingleby Arncliffe is a Grade II*-listed Anglican church. It dates from 1821 but includes 14th-century effigies.{{NHLE|num=1151374 |desc=Church of All Saints, Ingleby Arncliffe|accessdate=22 June 2012}} The church is situated less than {{convert|0.5|mi|km|1}} south-east from the centre of the village, and {{convert|60|yd|m|0}} from the church is Arncliffe Hall, a Grade I listed house from 1753 to 1754, designed by John Carr, that replaced a 16th-century house of the Mauleverer family.{{NHLE|num=1151375 |desc=Arncliffe Hall, and Wall Attached to South East, Ingleby Arncliffe|accessdate=22 June 2012}}[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64654 "Ingleby Arncliffe"]; British History Online. Retrieved 22 June 2012

At the centre of the village is the Grade II listed Ingleby Arncliffe Water Tower, built in 1915 to supply water to the village.{{NHLE|num=1294509| desc=Water Tower to South West of Gabriel Farmhouse, Ingleby Arncliffe|accessdate=22 June 2012}} Also in the parish are the Cleveland Tontine, a historic coaching inn,{{NHLE |num= 1188957|desc= The Cleveland Tontine Inn, Ingleby Arncliffe|access-date= 2 February 2025}} and The Blue Bell Inn, designed by Walter Brierley.{{cite news |title=Blue Bell Inn, Ingleby Cross, Northallerton |work=The Architect |date=9 July 1920}}

Notable people

  • Rev. David Simpson, Anglican priest was born here in 1745{{cite ODNB|first=Mark|last=Smith|title=Simpson, David (1745–1799)|id=25579|date=23 September 2004}}

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