Little Ayton
| Little Ayton | |
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 Street in Little Ayton | |
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| OS grid reference | NZ569102 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Great Ayton |
| Postcode district | TS9 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
Little Ayton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England[1] and lies immediately south of Great Ayton. The population of this civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Easby, Hambleton.
From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
Captain Cook's Monument, a stone obelisk is above the village, within the civil parish, on Easby Moor.
Little Ayton's name derives from the Old English Ea-tun, meaning 'river farm'. The river flowing through Little Ayton is the Leven, a tributary of the River Tees.[2]
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