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East Tanfield
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Farm in East Tanfield
East Tanfield is located in North Yorkshire
East Tanfield
East Tanfield
Population 30 
OS grid reference SE290780
Unitary authority
  • North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town RIPON
Postcode district HG4
Dialling code 01677
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament
  • Richmond (Yorks)
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
54°11′42″N 1°33′47″W / 54.195°N 1.563°W / 54.195; -1.563

East Tanfield is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. There is no modern village in the parish, and the population was estimated at 30 in 2013. The deserted medieval village of East Tanfield lies near Manor Farm on the banks of the River Ure.

East Tanfield was mentioned in the Domesday Book, when it was in the possession of Count Alan of Brittany. It was a prosperous community in the medieval period, but appears to have been deserted in the 16th century.

East Tanfield was historically a township in the ancient parish of Kirklington in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. It was transferred to the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire in 1974. Richmondshire was abolished in 2023 and a new unitary authority, North Yorkshire Council, replaced it.

The parish shares a grouped parish council, Tanfield Parish Council, with the much larger parish of West Tanfield.

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