world.wikisort.org - United_Kingdom

Search / Calendar

Whitwell is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north west of the county town of Northallerton At the 2011 Census the population was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Great Langton.

This article is about the village near Catterick. For the village in between York and Malton, see Whitwell-on-the-Hill.

Whitwell

Cottage at Whitwell
Whitwell
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE282992
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRichmond
Postcode districtDL10
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
  • Richmond
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
54.38778°N 1.56616°W / 54.38778; -1.56616

History


The etymology of the name is derived from a combination of the Old English word hwit, meaning white or infertile and the Anglian suffix of wella, meaning spring or stream. Put together they mean White spring or stream.[1][2] It has also been known as Nether Whitwell in the Whins.[3]

The manor was part of the fee of the Constables whose manor was at Constable Burton and followed that descent. Around 1240 a mesne lordship was granted to Jollan de Nevill. Other landowners included the Staveley family who claimed land in 1272, though the major landowner were the Whitwell family. At the end of the 17th century, the manor was in the hands of John Belasyse of Worlaby, whose heirs owned a quarter share of the manor thereafter.[3][4]


Governance


The village lies within the Richmond UK Parliament constituency. It also lies within the Swale electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council and the Morton-on-Swale ward of Hambleton District Council.[5]


Geography


Whitwell consists of little more than a few houses and a farm. The nearest notable settlements are Scorton and North Cowton.


Demography


Population [6]
Year18811891190119111921193119511961
Total5143615654464445

References


  1. Watts (2011). Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-names. Cambridge University Press. p. 676. ISBN 978-0521168557.
  2. A.D. Mills (1998). Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford Paperbacks. p. 496. ISBN 978-0192800749.
  3. "History". Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  4. Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890. S&N Publishing. 1890. p. 377. ISBN 1-86150-299-0.
  5. "OpenData support | OS Tools & Support".
  6. "Population at Censuses". Vision of Britain. 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2013.


Media related to Whitwell, North Yorkshire at Wikimedia Commons



Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии