North Duffield

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North Duffield
Yorkshire
East Riding
The Main Street of North Duffield.jpg
Main Street, North Duffield
Location
Grid reference: SE684369
Location: 53°49’26"N, 0°57’45"W
Data
Population: 1,317  (2011)
Post town: Selby
Postcode: YO8
Local Government
Council: North Yorkshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Selby

North Duffield is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, about four and a half miles north-east of Selby (across the river in the West Riding) and eleven miles south-east of York, on the A163 road from Selby to Market Weighton. The River Derwent forms the eastern boundary of the parish, and mars the oundary of the East Riding with the West Riding.

The parih population at the 2011 Census was 1,317.

This is a petty village, with a village green with duck pond, a village hall, a Methodist church, a primary school and a range of local shops.

Menthorpe Gate railway station on the Selby to Driffield Line served the village from 1853 to 1953.[1]

Railway bridge

Sport and leisure

Football: North Duffield Dragons, for children aged between 3 and 16

There is an active North Duffield Conservation and local History Society.[2]

Outside links

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References

  1. Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. 
  2. "North Duffield Conservation & Local History Society". http://www.ndchs.org.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2011.