Beadlam is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 250, reducing to 229 at the Census 2011.[1] It is situated about 10 miles (16 km) west of Pickering, near the southern boundary of the North York Moors National Park.[2] Beadlam is halfway between Helmsley and Kirkbymoorside on the A170.
The village is unusual in that it is directly joined onto another village, Nawton, and is commonly given the name Nawton Beadlam. The village has a secondary school Ryedale School and Nawton, the village it is attached to, has a primary school, Nawton Primary School.
The village has a fish and chip shop, which is popular with the students returning from Ryedale School, and a bus stop operated by the East Yorkshire bus service which provides connections to most of North Yorkshire including major cities and coastal towns in the area including York, Scarborough and Bridlington.
Between 1974 and 2023 the village was part of the Ryedale district. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
Two miles (3.2 km) west of the village is Beadlam Roman villa, which was excavated in 1969 revealing two 4th-century rectangular buildings, the northernmost of which was fitted with a hypocaust overlain by a tessellated floor.[6]
^Page, William, ed. (1914). "Parishes: Kirkdale". Victoria County History. A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 25 August 2014.