West Layton is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England, close to the border with County Durham and a few miles west of Darlington.
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OS grid reference | NZ141099 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Richmond |
Postcode district | DL11 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
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The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Count Alan, and as having 16 villagers, a 12-acre (4.9 ha) meadow, one fishery and two churches.[1] Formerly in the wapentake of Gilling West and the parish of Hutton Magna, the village is now in Richmondshire in North Yorkshire.[2][3] The name of Layton is historically recorded as Laston, Lastun and Latton, and means the town where the leeks are grown.[4][5]
The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included with the parish of East Layton.[6] In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated that the population of the village was 40.[7]
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