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Richmond is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is located at the point where Swaledale , the upper valley of the River Swale , opens into the Vale of Mowbray . The town's population at the 2011 census was 8,413.
Richmondshire District Council was the administration body covering Richmondshire, a large area of the northern Yorkshire Dales including Swaledale and Arkengarthdale, Wensleydale and Coverdale, with Scots' Dyke and Scotch Corner at its centre. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972.
Richmondshire District Council was the local authority for Richmondshire in North Yorkshire, England from 1974 to 2023. It was elected every four years. It was elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 34 councillors had been elected from 24 wards .
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan county and unitary authority area (legally known as the County of North Yorkshire), [4] in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It covers seven former districts : Craven , Hambleton , Harrogate , Scarborough , Richmondshire , Ryedale and Selby .
Richmond Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place, Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Richmond Town Council, is a grade II listed building .
Richmondshire was a local government district of North Yorkshire, England, from 1974 to 2023.It covered a large northern area of the Yorkshire Dales including Swaledale and Arkengarthdale, Wensleydale and Coverdale, with the prominent Scot's Dyke and Scotch Corner along the centre.
The council was created in 1974, when local government in England was reformed and the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire was created, governed by a county council and seven district councils. On 1 April 2023, the districts were abolished and the county council took on their responsibilities, becoming a unitary authority.
It also lies within the Richmondshire North electoral division of North Yorkshire Council. It was previously part of the Richmondshire district from 1974 to 2023. [7] An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north-east to Cleasby with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 1,224. [8]