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Also known as Sexhow, North Yorkshire

Sexhow is a hamlet and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The name of the hamlet derives from Old Norse of either sexhou or sekkshaughr, which means the hill of Sekk, a personal name. The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100, so details of the population are included on the civil parish of Potto. However, in 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to be 20. It is on the River Leven and west of Stokesley.

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Locality
Carlton in Cleveland
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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Instance of
civil parish
Located in
Hambleton
Population
15
Dialing code
01642
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Sexhow
postal code
TS15
historic county
Yorkshire
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Sexhow is a hamlet and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The name of the hamlet derives from Old Norse of either sexhou or sekkshaughr, which means the hill of Sekk, a personal name. The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100, so details of the population are included on the civil parish of Potto. However, in 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to be 20. It is on the River Leven and west of Stokesley.

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Hambleton District, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sexhow” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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