Menethorpe
{{Short description|Hamlet in Malton, North Yorkshire, England}}
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| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
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Menethorpe is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Burythorpe, in North Yorkshire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 68.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10448384/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Menethorpe Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|access-date=30 September 2022}} It is about {{convert|2.5|miles|0}} from Malton.
History
The name "Menethorpe" means 'Men(n)ing's outlying farm/settlement'.{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire%20ER/Menethorpe|title=Menethorpe Key to English Place-names|publisher=University of Nottingham|access-date=30 September 2022}} Menethorpe was recorded in the Domesday Book as Mennistorp.{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7317093|title=Place name: Menethorpe, Yorkshire Folio|publisher=The National Archives|access-date=30 September 2022}} Menethorpe was formerly a township in the parish of Westow{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13481|title=History of Menethorpe, in Ryedale and East Riding|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|access-date=30 September 2022}} and from 1866 was a civil parish in its own right. On 1 April 1935, the parish was abolished and merged with Burythorpe.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10448384|title=Relationships and changes Menethorpe Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|access-date=30 September 2022}}
Until 1974, it was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire. Between 1974 and 2023 it was part of the Ryedale district. It is now administered by North Yorkshire Council.
The remains of the abandoned medieval village Menethorpe are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs.{{cite web|url=https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MNY2357&resourceID=1009|title=Menethorpe|publisher=Heritage Gateway|access-date=30 September 2022}}
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