Markington

{{Short description|Village in North Yorkshire, England}}

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Markington is a village in the English county of North Yorkshire. The population of the civil parish (including Markenfield Hall) taken at the 2011 census was 629.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04007384|title=Markington with Wallerthwaite Parish|accessdate=26 June 2019}} Nearby settlements include the city of Ripon, the town of Harrogate, the village of South Stainley and the hamlet of Ingerthorpe. The A61 is nearby. Markington has a school, post office, village hall, cricket and football pitch, a church, a pub and a camp site.

The place name was first recorded in about 1030 as Mercinga tun. The name is probably from Old English mercinga "of the boundary people" and tūn "settlement or farmstead", so meaning "settlement of the boundary people". Alternatively, it might be derived from the name of the nearby settlement of Markenfield, so meaning "farmstead of the people of Markenfield".{{Cite book| contribution = Markington | year = 2010 | title = The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names | editor-last = Watts | editor-first = Victor|editor-link=Victor Watts | publisher = Cambridge University Press | isbn=9780521168557 }}

Markington is the principal settlement in the civil parish of Markington with Wallerthwaite. Wallerthwaite is a deserted medieval village just south of Markington. Markington with Wallerthwaite was historically a township in the parish of Ripon, and became a separate civil parish in 1866. It absorbed the civil parish of Ingerthorpe in 1937.{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10446181 |title=Markington With Wallerthwaite CP/Tn|work=Vision of Britain |accessdate=8 June 2014}} Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire,{{Cite web |title=History of Markington, in Harrogate and West Riding |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13392 |access-date=19 April 2025 |website=A Vision of Britain}} and from 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The 17th-century Markington Hall was owned by William Wilberforce, and is a grade II listed building.{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=Catherine |title=Markington Hall: 'I didn't feel worthy to hold the name William Wilberforce but you've got to be yourself' says descendant |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/homes-and-gardens/markington-hall-i-didnt-feel-worthy-to-hold-the-name-william-wilberforce-but-youve-got-to-be-yourself-says-descendant-5119178 |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=Yorkshire Post |date=6 May 2025}} Low Mill lies in its grounds.{{NHLE |num= 1149831|desc= Low Mill approximately 60 metres north of Markington Hall, Markington with Wallerthwaite|access-date= 20 May 2025}}