Little Ayton

Little Ayton
Little Ayton
	Street in Little Ayton
	Little Ayton Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	NZ569102
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire;
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Great Ayton
Postcode district	TS9
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Richmond and Northallerton;

Little Ayton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England^[1] and lies immediately south of Great Ayton. The population of this civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Easby, Hambleton.

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Captain Cook's Monument, a stone obelisk is above the village, within the civil parish, on Easby Moor.

Little Ayton's name derives from the Old English Ea-tun, meaning 'river farm'. The river flowing through Little Ayton is the Leven, a tributary of the River Tees.^[2]

References

^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 93 Middlesbrough (Darlington & Hartlepool) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2010. ISBN 9780319228777.
^ "Key to English Place-Names". The University of Nottingham. Archived from the original on 7 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

[OS93-1] Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 93 Middlesbrough (Darlington & Hartlepool) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2010. ISBN 9780319228777.

[UoN-2] "Key to English Place-Names". The University of Nottingham. Archived from the original on 7 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

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