- Lythe
infobox UK place
country = England
latitude = 54.505800
longitude = -0.694300
official_name = Lythe
static_
static_image_caption = The village of Lythe
population = 465 (2001 census)
civil_parish = Lythe
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 = NZ846130Lythe is a small
village , and largecivil parish , in the Scarborough district ofNorth Yorkshire ,England , situated nearWhitby According to the 2001 UK census, Lythe parish had a population of 465.cite web
url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=798209&c=lythe&d=16&e=15&g=476855&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1215430193485&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779
title = 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Lythe CP (Parish)
accessdate = 2008-07-07
work = Neighbourhood Statistics
publisher =Office for National Statistics ]It was in the old North Riding and in the
wapentake ofLangbaurgh East .St Oswald’s Church is a plain stone building in the
Early English style. Thestained glass east window is amemorial to the Rev.William Long , who was vicar from1813 to1858 . Inside the church are memorials to the Phipps family, and to theMarquess of Normanby . The register dates from1634 . There is also a Wesleyan Methodistchapel .Mulgrave Castle used to be the seat of the Marquess of Normanby but is now a ruin.Lythe Castle is an earthworkmotte and bailey fortress.Within the parish are the villages of
Mickleby ,Ugthorpe andSandsend , and the hamlets of Barnby, Ellerby, Goldsborough,Hutton Mulgrave ,Kettleness andNewton Mulgrave .The old "Red Lion"
public house has recently been renamed "The Stiddy". A "stiddy" is an anvil packed full of gunpowder and fired like a cannon on special occasions, such as the birth of the Marquess' male heir, the jubilee, or the end of WWII.There are a variety of amenities in the village including a local school, post office, tennis courts and
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