Gate Helmsley

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Gate Helmsley is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, about seven miles east of York. The village lies on the border with the East Riding of Yorkshire.HistoryThe village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Hamelsec in the Bulford hundred and as a possession of the Archbishop of York.Gate Helmsley was served by Holtby railway station on the York to Beverley Line between 1847 and 1939.GovernanceThe village lies within the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency. It also lies within the Hovingham & Sheriff Hutton electoral ward of North Yorkshire County Council and the Ryedale South West ward of Ryedale District Council.GeographyThe 1881 UK Census recorded the population as 204. According to the 2001 UK Census the population was 291, of which 207 were over the age of sixteen and of those, 127 were in employment. There were 104 dwellings, of which 54 were detached. By the time of the 2011 census the population had increased to 325.The nearest settlements are Upper Helmsley to the north; Warthill to the west; Low Catton to the south-east and Stamford Bridge to the east. The village stands alongside the A166 that forms part of the boundary between North Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire. The road used to be a turnpike. The village has an elevation of at its highest point. The soil is sandy on top of beds of Keuper Marls and Bunter Sandstone.

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Gate Helmsley is York based place and this enity listed in City category.