North Duffield

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North Duffield is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England.

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It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.[2] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Selby, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Overview

North Duffield is home to a Community Primary School, Methodist Church, village hall, village green, hairdressers, garage, the black cat rescue, park, shop, pub, Duck pond, many fields, and a bowls club.

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Railway bridge

There is an active North Duffield Conservation and local History Society, which in 2011 was funded by Lottery Funding.[3] North Duffield has its own village football team, North Duffield Dragons, for children aged between 3 and 16.[4]

Menthorpe Gate railway station on the Selby to Driffield Line served the village from 1853 to 1953.[5]

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north-east to Thorganby with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 1,913.[6]

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