Warsill
Warsill | |
|---|---|
Civil parish | |
 | |
| Country | England |
| Primary council | Harrogate |
| County | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Status | Parish |
| Government | |
| • Type | Grouped parish Council |
| • UK Parliament | Skipton and Ripon |
| • EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Area | |
• Total | 416 ha (1,029 acres) |
Warsill is a civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England. There is no village in the parish. 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]
Warsill was historically an extra parochial area. It became a civil parish in 1858.[2] Today it shares a grouped parish council with Bishop Thornton.[3]
The toponym, first recorded in 1132 as Warthsala, probably derives from the Old English weard sæl, meaning "watch castle".[4] 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.[5]
References
- ^ Vision of Britain: Census Reports In the 2011 census the parish was included with Hartwith cum Winsley.
- ^ Vision of Britain website
- ^ Bishop Thornton, Shaw Mills and Warsill Parish Web Portal
- ^ Smith, A.H. (1961). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. 186.
- ^ English Heritage: Images of England website