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Rylstone
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Rylstone is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated very near to Cracoe and about south west of Grassington. The population of the civil parish as of the 2001 census was 122, and had risen to 160 by the time of the 2011 census. In 2015, the population was estimated to be 180.
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Rylstone is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated very near to Cracoe and about south west of Grassington. The population of the civil parish as of the 2001 census was 122, and had risen to 160 by the time of the 2011 census. In 2015, the population was estimated to be 180.
== History == The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Rilestun as belonging to Dolgfinn, but with no population or taxable land (waste). The name derives from Old English of Ryneles-tun: town by the brook. To the south-east of the village on the slopes of Rylstone Fell, is the remains of Norton Tower, a summer residence for the Norton family, one time lords of the Manor of Rylstone. The family were Catholics, and they supported freeing Mary Queen of Scots and the Pilgrimage of Grace, both of which failed and cost the family their estates. The tower ruins are grade II listed. Rylstone Fell rises to a height of , whilst the village is lower down in the valley at a height of above sea level.
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