The population of the civil parish at the 2021 census was 731,[1] an increase from the 685 of 2011.

The village is surrounded by farmland and is approximately 1 mile from the A1 road intersection at Blyth.

The housing consists primarily of modern properties constructed in the 1970s and numerous barn conversions arranged off the Main Street.

The local pub, The White Swan, has been demolished and replaced by modern housing.

In the Domesday survey it is mentioned as Estirapc - Eastern rape - as it lies on the borders east of the west riding of York.