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Lythe
Lythe is a small village and large civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, situated near Whitby within the North York Moors National Park. The name of the village derives from Old Norse and means hill or slope. It was in the old North Riding and in the wapentake of Langbaurgh East until 1974. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. According to the 2011 UK census, Lythe parish had a population of 377, a reduction on the 2001 UK census figure of 465.
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Lythe is a small village and large civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, situated near Whitby within the North York Moors National Park. The name of the village derives from Old Norse and means hill or slope. It was in the old North Riding and in the wapentake of Langbaurgh East until 1974. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. According to the 2011 UK census, Lythe parish had a population of 377, a reduction on the 2001 UK census figure of 465.
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