Deighton, North Yorkshire
Deighton is a village and civil parish in the former Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Northallerton and near the A167 road.
A moated site at grid reference NZ379017 in Deighton is a scheduled ancient monument.[1]
In the 2011 census, the population of Deighton (including Little Smeaton and Birkby) was 168.[2]
Deighton contains two listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Both the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".[3] The listed buildings are both in the village, and consist of a church and a tombstone in the churchyard.
Buildings
[edit]| Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes |
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| All Saints' Church 54°24′36″N 1°24′51″W / 54.41006°N 1.41408°W |
1715 | The church incorporates earlier material, and it was partly rebuilt in 1901, including removal of the tower. The church consists of a nave with a south porch, and a lower chancel with a north vestry. At the west end is a gableted bellcote with two arched openings. The porch is gabled, with rusticated quoins, and a round-arched entrance with a dated and initialled keystone. The inner doorway is also round-arched, and has a chamfered surround. The windows are in Perpendicular style, and at the east end is a three-light window with a hood mould.[4][5] | |
| Tombstone 54°24′36″N 1°24′51″W / 54.40989°N 1.41412°W |
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Early to mid 18th century | The tombstone is in the churchyard of All Saints' Church to the south of the porch. It is in stone, and consists of a rectangular slab with a shaped top. On it is a raised shaped panel surrounded by an eared architrave with carved garlands, and in the shaped top are leaf motifs.[6] |
References
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Citations
[edit]- ^ Historic England. "Deighton moated site (1004099)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Deighton Parish (1170216828)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ Historic England
- ^ Grenville & Pevsner (2023), p. 240
- ^ Historic England & 1190532
- ^ Historic England & 1315135
Sources
[edit]- Historic England. "Church of All Saints, Deighton (1190532)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- Historic England. "Tombstone 1 metre to south of south porch of Church of All Saints, Deighton (1315135)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- Historic England. "Listed Buildings". Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.
54°24′34″N 1°24′52″W / 54.40944°N 1.41444°W
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