Warsill is a settlement and civil parish in the Harrogate district, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It consists of a few scattered farms 5 miles (8 km) north west of Ripon. In 1961 the population of the parish was 42.[1] The population was estimated at 70 in 2015.[2]

Warsill
Warsill Hall Farm
Population	70 (2015)
OS grid reference	SE226651
Civil parish	Warsill
District	Harrogate
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HARROGATE
Postcode district	HG3
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Skipton and Ripon
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54.08°N 1.65°W / 54.08; -1.65

Warsill was historically an extra parochial area. It became a civil parish in 1858.[3] Today it shares a grouped parish council with Bishop Thornton.[4]

The toponym, first recorded in 1132 as Warthsala, probably derives from the Old English weard sæl, meaning "watch castle".[5] In the Middle Ages there was a grange of Fountains Abbey here, and Warsill Hall Farmhouse, a 17th-century Grade II listed building, now stands on its site.[6]

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