Marton-le-Moor
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Marton-le-Moor is a village and civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in the Harrogate district
Harrogate (borough)
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 of North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
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, England
England
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. It is very near the A1 road motorway and 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Ripon
Ripon
Ripon is a cathedral city, market town and successor parish in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, located at the confluence of two streams of the River Ure in the form of the Laver and Skell. The city is noted for its main feature the Ripon Cathedral which is architecturally...

.

According to the 2001 UK census
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....

, Marton-le-Moor parish had a population of 174.

Village affairs are conducted by the Parish Council.
Social functions are held regularly and organised by the Village Meeting Room committee which converted the Blacksmith shop to be used as a
local community hall.

The Parish Council is going to turn the unused part of St Mary's churchyard into a community garden to benefit all sectors of the community, especially older people and
mothers with toddlers.

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