Angram, Long Marston

Angram
Entrance to Angram
Angram
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE519486
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townYORK
Postcode districtYO23
Dialling code01904
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

Angram is a village in the civil parish of Long Marston, near Bilbrough, in North Yorkshire, England.

The name Angram derives from the plural form of the Old English anger meaning 'grassland'.[1]

Angram was historically a township in the ancient parish of Long Marston in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[2] It became a civil parish in 1866.[3] In 1974 the parish was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire. On 1 April 1988 the parish was absorbed into the civil parish of Long Marston.[4][5] In 1971 the parish had a population of 32.[6] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

References

  1. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  2. ^ John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887), quoted at Vision of Britain website
  3. ^ Vision of Britain website: Angram CP
  4. ^ Harrogate (Parishes) Order 1988, "Bulletin of changes of Local Authorities status, names and areas" (PDF). Department of the Environment. 1987–88. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  5. ^ "York Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Population statistics Angram CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 November 2023.