Warsill

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Warsill
Warsill Hall Farm - geograph.org.uk - 118646.jpg
Warsill Hall Farm
Warsill UK parish locator map.svg
Population70 (2015)
OS grid referenceSE226651
Civil parish
  • Warsill
District
  • Harrogate
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHARROGATE
Postcode districtHG3
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
54°05′N 1°39′W / 54.08°N 1.65°W / 54.08; -1.65Coordinates: 54°05′N 1°39′W / 54.08°N 1.65°W / 54.08; -1.65

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 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]

References[]

  1. ^ Vision of Britain: Census Reports
  2. ^ "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2017. In the 2011 census the population of the parish was included with Hartwith cum Winsley and not counted separately.
  3. ^ Vision of Britain website
  4. ^ Bishop Thornton, Shaw Mills and Warsill Parish Web Portal
  5. ^ Smith, A.H. (1961). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. 186.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1251860)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
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