Folkton
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Folkton is a small village and civil parish at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds and on the edge of the Vale of Pickering on an area known as Folkton Carr (carr meaning low lands) in North Yorkshire, England.
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Place details
- Locality
- Flixton
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.official_name
- Folkton
- UK place.static_image_name
- Folkton St John Church June 2009 (Nigel Coates).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church of St John the Evangelist, Folkton
- UK place.population
- 535
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Folkton
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Yorkshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- North Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Thirsk and Malton
- UK place.post_town
- SCARBOROUGH
- UK place.postcode_district
- YO11
- UK place.postcode_area
- YO
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TA054797
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 185
- UK place.london_direction
- S
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Scarborough
- Population
- 535
- Image
- Folkton St John Church June 2009 (Nigel Coates).jpg
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- Commons category
- Folkton
- postal code
- YO11
- OS grid reference
- TA054797
- historic county
- Yorkshire
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
- History
- Prehistoric features
- Modern history
- See also
- References
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Folkton is a small village and civil parish at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds and on the edge of the Vale of Pickering on an area known as Folkton Carr (carr meaning low lands) in North Yorkshire, England.
Until 1974 the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Folkton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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