Rillington

Rillington is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

Rillington
St Andrew's Church, Rillington
Rillington Location within North Yorkshire
Population	1,114 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference	SE853743
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MALTON
Postcode district	YO17
Dialling code	01944
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Thirsk and Malton
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54.15820°N 0.69490°W / 54.15820; -0.69490

Rillington was mentioned in the Domesday Survey in 1086 and rural life was relatively unchanged until the coming of the railway in 1845.

The village has two pubs the Coach and Horses and The Fleece, both are located next to St Andrew's Church and the A64.

Transport

Rillington is on the A64 road, approximately 3 miles (5 km) east of Malton and south-west of Scarborough.

A regular Yorkshire Coastliner bus service providing connections to Scarborough, Malton, York and Leeds is operated by Transdev Blazefield.

From 1845 until 1930 the village was served by a railway station which connected Rillington on the York to Scarborough Line.^[2] Special trains continued until the 1960s, although the station has now been demolished.^[3]

Governance

Rillington was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. Rillington also has its own Parish Council.

An electoral ward in the same name exists. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 1,743.^[4]

Ryedale District Councillors

Year		Party	Member
	1973	Independent	Cllr S Harrison
	1987	Independent	Cllr Brian Maud
	1991	Liberal Democrats	Cllr Ms G Wilkinson
	1999	Independent	Cllr Brian Maud
	2019	Conservative	Cllr Nathan Garbutt-Moore

Both Cllr Brian Maud and Cllr Nathan Garbutt-Moore served as Chairman of the Ryedale District Council while representing Rillington.

Education

The village is served by Rillington Community Primary School. It also falls within the catchment area for Norton College.

Friends of Rillington School is a registered charity that raises funds for the Primary School.

Infamy

It was after this village that Rillington Place in Notting Hill west London was named.