Stonegrave

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

{{use British English|date=January 2019}}

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{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|54.192|-0.994|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Stonegrave

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| civil_parish = Stonegrave

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Thirsk and Malton

| post_town = York

| postcode_district = YO62

| postcode_area = YO

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| os_grid_reference = SE657777

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Stonegrave is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. At the 2011 Census the population was less than 100 and so the details are included in the civil parish of Nunnington.{{NOMIS2011|id=1170217276|title=Nunnington Parish|accessdate=9 January 2019}} By 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population as 110.{{cite web |title=2015 Population Estimates Parishes |url=https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf |website=northyorks.gov.uk |accessdate=9 January 2019 |page=16 |format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf|archive-date=4 June 2022|url-status=dead}} It is situated in the Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and {{convert|5|mi|0}} south east of Helmsley{{cite web |title=Genuki: Stonegrave, Yorkshire (North Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Stonegrave |website=www.genuki.org.uk |accessdate=9 January 2019}} on the Helmsley to Malton road (the B1257).{{cite book |last1=Bagshaw |first1=Mike |title=Slow Yorkshire Moors & Wolds : including York & the coast |date=2014 |publisher=Bradt |location=Chalfont St Peter |isbn=978-1-84162-548-5 |page=128}}

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

File:Stonegrave Minster.jpg. There was a church here in Anglo-Saxon times]]

The village is noted for its church, Stonegrave Minster which has its origins in the 8th century.{{cite web |title=History of Stonegrave, in Ryedale and North Riding {{!}} Map and description |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14293 |website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk |accessdate=9 January 2019}} The tower is partly Anglo-Saxon, with the main body of the church rebuilt during the Norman period with locally quarried stone. The grade II* listed church was rebuilt in 1863.{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Peter |title=Ancient church makes history – 450 years on |url=https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/features/columnists/9706575.ancient-church-makes-history-450-years-on/ |accessdate=9 January 2019 |work=Gazette & Herald |date=16 May 2012}}{{NHLE|desc=Church of the Holy Trinity|num=1173360|grade=II*|accessdate=9 January 2019}} It is part of a four-parish benefice, including the churches of Oswaldkirk, Stonegrave, Gilling and Ampleforth.{{cite web |title=Ampleforth Benefice |url=http://www.ampleforthbenefice.org |website=www.ampleforthbenefice.org |accessdate=9 January 2019}} It is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Stengrif, with the land belonging to Ralph Pagenel.{{Internet Archive|id=ryedalenorthyork00franuoft|name=Ryedale and North Yorkshire Antiquities|page=84}}