Misplaced Pages

Simonstone, North Yorkshire

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Hamlet in North Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England
Simonstone
Countryside around Simonstone
Simonstone is located in North YorkshireSimonstoneSimonstoneLocation within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSD871914
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHawes
Postcode districtDL8
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
54°19′08″N 2°11′54″W / 54.318880°N 2.198430°W / 54.318880; -2.198430

Simonstone is a hamlet near Hawes and Hardraw Force within the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. The name is first recorded in 1301 as deriving from Sigemund's Rock.

References

  1. Chrystal, Paul (2017). The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales (1 ed.). Catrine: Stenlake. p. 73. ISBN 9781840337532.
  2. Smith, A. H. (1979) . The Place Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire. English Place Name Society. p. 260. OCLC 19714705.


Stub icon

This North Yorkshire location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: