Potto, North Yorkshire

Potto is a village and civil parish in the former Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England.The settlement of Potto can be traced to the 13th century, when it was owned by the Meynell family, as part of the manor of Whorlton.Another part, held by the original de Potto family and awarded to different land owners by royal grant, was merged into the Whorlton estate of the Marquess of Ailesbury.[4] In the 19th century, the village was connected by a rail freight line from Swainby to serve the ironstone and jet mines in the area.Potto had a passenger station on the Picton–Battersby line, but its remoteness from the village and the introduction of buses that could take roads direct to Middlesbrough led to its closure in 1954.
North Yorkshire2011 censusOS grid referenceCivil parishUnitary authorityCeremonial countyRegionYorkshire and the HumberCountryEnglandSovereign statePost townPostcode districtDialling codePoliceAmbulanceYorkshireHambleton DistrictStokesleyA172 roadhaulageWhorltonEarl of RutlandMarquess of AilesburySwainbyironstonestationPicton–Battersby lineMiddlesbroughNorth York Moors National ParkHutton RudbyFacebyCarlton in ClevelandNorthallertonStockton-on-TeesCivil parishes in North YorkshireUK CensusOffice for National Statistics