North Rigton

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

{{redirect|Rigton|the place in West Yorkshire|Bardsey cum Rigton}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2020}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = North Rigton

| country = England

| population = 460

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Skipton and Ripon

| post_town = LEEDS

| postcode_district = LS17

| postcode_area = LS

| dial_code = 01423

| os_grid_reference = SE279492

| coordinates = {{coord|53.9385|-1.5747|display=inline,title}}

| label_position = top

| static_image_name = North Rigton.jpg

| static_image_caption = North Rigton

}}

North Rigton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} south of Harrogate. The population of the parish was 460 in 2011.[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127078&c=North+Rigton&d=16&e=62&g=6454756&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1396989337952&enc=1 Neighbourhood Statistics, Census 2011] Almscliffe Crag adjacent to the village was used for scenery at the end of Yorkshire Television dramas, The Beiderbecke Affair, The Beiderbecke Tapes and The Beiderbecke Connection. The area was never referred to by name.

Until the 19th century the village was known as Rigton,[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Kirkbyoverblow/Kirkbyoverblow35.html Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England (1835) cited on GENUKI] the official name of the parish until 1962.[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10465746 Vision of Britain website] "North" was added to distinguish the place from East Rigton, {{convert|7|mi}} southeast.{{Citation | contribution = Rigton | year = 2010 | title = The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names | editor-last = Watts | editor-first = Victor | publisher = Cambridge University Press }} The name is from the Old English hrycg and tūn, meaning "farmstead on the ridge". The place was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Riston, an Anglo-Norman spelling of the name.{{cite book|last=Smith|first=A. H.|author-link=Albert Hugh Smith|title=The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire|volume=5|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1961|page=44}}

The village was historically a township in the parish of Kirkby Overblow, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It became a separate civil parish in 1866, and was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire in 1974. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.