Coordinates: 54°30′21″N 0°41′39″W / 54.505800°N 0.694300°W / 54.505800; -0.694300

Lythe
The village of Lythe
Lythe  Lythe shown within North Yorkshire
Population	465 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid reference	NZ846130
Civil parish	Lythe
District	Scarborough
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WHITBY
Postcode district	YO21
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Scarborough and Whitby
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Lythe is a small village, and large civil parish, in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England, situated near Whitby

According to the 2001 UK census, Lythe parish had a population of 465.^[1]

It was in the old North Riding and in the wapentake of Langbaurgh East.

St Oswald’s Church is a plain stone building in the Early English style. The stained glass east window is a memorial to the Rev. William Long, who was vicar from 1813 to 1858. Inside the church are memorials to the Phipps family, and to the Marquess of Normanby. The register dates from 1634. There is also a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.

Mulgrave Castle used to be the seat of the Marquess of Normanby but is now a ruin. Lythe Castle is an earthwork motte and bailey fortress.

Within the parish are the villages of Mickleby, Ugthorpe and Sandsend, and the hamlets of Barnby, Ellerby, Goldsborough, Hutton Mulgrave, Kettleness and Newton Mulgrave.

The old Red Lion public house has recently been renamed The Stiddy. A "stiddy" is an anvil packed full of gunpowder and fired like a cannon on special occasions, such as the birth of the Marquess' male heir, the jubilee, or the end of the Second World War.

There are a variety of amenities in the village including a local school, post office, tennis courts and a retained fire station.

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