Thorpe Underwood, North Yorkshire

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Thorpe Underwood
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Thorpe Underwood is located in North Yorkshire
Thorpe Underwood
Thorpe Underwood
Location within North Yorkshire
Area16.41 km2 (6.34 sq mi)
Population793 (2011 census)
• Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Civil parish
  • Thorpe Underwoods
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
54°01′45″N 1°17′42″W / 54.029270°N 1.2949340°W / 54.029270; -1.2949340Coordinates: 54°01′45″N 1°17′42″W / 54.029270°N 1.2949340°W / 54.029270; -1.2949340

Thorpe Underwood is a settlement and (as Thorpe Underwoods) a civil parish about 10 miles of York, in the Harrogate district, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 793.[1] The parish touches Aldwark, Green Hammerton, , Linton-on-Ouse, Little Ouseburn, Nun Monkton and Whixley.[2] Thorpe Underwoods shares a parish council with Little Ouseburn and Kirby Hall called "Little Ouseburn Grouped Parish Council".[3]

Landmarks[]

There are 9 .[4]

History[]

The name "Thorpe" means 'Outlying farm/settlement'.[5] Thorpe Underwood was recorded in the Domesday Book as Tuadestorp.[6] Thorpe Green was recorded as being a hamlet in the township of Thorpe Underwood, it is where the modern Thorpe Underwood hamlet is.[7] Thorpe Underwoods was formerly a township in the parish of Little Ouseburn,[8] in 1866 Thorpe Underwoods became a civil parish in its own right.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Thorpe Underwoods". City Population De. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Thorpe Underwoods". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Home". Little Ouseburn Grouped Parish Council. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Listed buildings in Thorpe Underwoods, Harrogate, North Yorkshire". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Thorpe Underwood Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Place name: Thorpe Underwood". The National Archives. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Little Ouseburn". GENUKI. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  8. ^ "History of Thorpe Underwoods, in Harrogate and West Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Relationships and changes Thorpe Underwoods Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 August 2021.


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