High Ellington

High Ellington is a village in lower Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England, about 2.5 miles (4 km) north-west of Masham. The smaller village of Low Ellington is 0.6 miles (0.97 km) to the east. High Ellington is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Ellington High and Low, which also includes Low Ellington and the scattered settlement of Sutton (which includes High Sutton, Low Sutton, Sutton Penn and Sutton Grange^[1]). The population of the parish was estimated at 60 in 2013.^[2]

High Ellington
High Ellington from the north
High Ellington Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE196832
Civil parish	Ellington High and Low
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RIPON
Postcode district	HG4
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54.24498°N 1.70033°W / 54.24498; -1.70033

High Ellington was historically, with Low Ellington, a township in the ancient parish of Masham in the North Riding of Yorkshire.^[3] At the time of the Domesday Book it was in the possession of Count Alan of Brittany.^[4] It became a civil parish in 1866, then known as Ellingtons. In 1886 Sutton was transferred to the parish from Healey with Sutton.^[5] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The parish now shares a grouped parish council, known as Masham Parish Council, with Masham, Burton on Yore and Swinton with Warthermarske.^[6]

See also

• Listed buildings in Ellington High and Low