Simonstone, North Yorkshire

Simonstone
Simonstone
	Countryside around Simonstone
	Simonstone Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SD871914
Civil parish	High Abbotside;
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire;
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Hawes
Postcode district	DL8
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Richmond;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°19′08″N 2°11′54″W / 54.318880°N 2.198430°W

Simonstone is a hamlet near Hawes and Hardraw Force within the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England.^[1] The name is first recorded in 1301 as deriving from Sigemund's Rock.^[2]

References

^ Chrystal, Paul (2017). The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales (1 ed.). Catrine: Stenlake. p. 73. ISBN 9781840337532.
^ Smith, A. H. (1979) [1928]. The Place Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire. English Place Name Society. p. 260. OCLC 19714705.

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