Ellerton Abbey

Ellerton Abbey is a civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England.The place-name Ellerton derives from the Old English words elri "alder" and tun "farm or enclosure".[5] It was historically a township in the parish of Downholme in the wapentake of Hang West in the North Riding of Yorkshire.After the dissolution, the manor passed to the Brackenbury family, who sold it in 1654 to James Drax, whose descendants hold it today.[2] In 1830 the Drax family built Ellerton Abbey house, now a Grade II listed building.
Ellerton Abbey (building)North YorkshireOS grid referenceCivil parishUnitary authorityCeremonial countyRegionYorkshire and the HumberCountryEnglandSovereign statePost townRichmondPostcode districtPoliceAmbulanceYorkshireRichmondshireRiver SwaleSwaledaleWathgill Campdeserted medieval villageEllerton-on-SwaleEllerton Abbey HouseEllerton PrioryOld EnglishCount Alan of BrittanytownshipDownholmewapentakeHang WestNorth Riding of YorkshiredissolutionJames DraxGrade II listed buildingListed buildings in Ellerton AbbeySmith, A. H.English Place Name SocietyVictoria County HistoryHistoric EnglandNational Heritage List for EnglandGreat Britain Historical GIS