Egton

Egton

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude = 54.445800
longitude = -0.754800
official_name = Egton
static_

static_image_caption =
population = 459 (2001 census)
civil_parish = Egton
shire_district = Scarborough
shire_county = North Yorkshire
region = Yorkshire and the Humber
constituency_westminster = Scarborough and Whitby
post_town = WHITBY
postcode_district = YO21
postcode_area = YO
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = NZ808063

Egton is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England about convert|5|mi|km|lk=on west of Whitby. There is a nearby village called Egton Bridge which is home to Egton railway station. The village was included in the Survey of English Dialects. Unlike the other sites, a full book was written on the local dialect by Hans Tidholm. [cite book
last = Tidholm
first = Hans
title = The Dialect of Egton in North Yorkshire
url = http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0097-8507(198306)59%3A2%3C441%3ATDOEIN%3E2.0.CO%3B2-6 ] Being a very isolated village, its ways of speech were very unusual in Britain.

According to the 2001 UK census, Egton parish had a population of 459.cite web
url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=798190&c=Egton&d=16&e=15&g=476746&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1215462695038&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779
title = 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Egton CP (Parish)
accessdate = 2008-07-07
work = Neighbourhood Statistics
publisher = Office for National Statistics]

Egton is home to the Egton Road Race or Gooseberry Run, an annual charity race around the village. The latest Road Race took place on Sunday 8 June 2008.

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