Human settlement in England
| Whitewell-on-the-Hill | |
|---|---|
 St John's Church, Whitwell-on-the-Hill | |
.svg)  Whitewell-on-the-HillLocation within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 311 (2011 census) |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | York |
| Postcode district | YO60 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
| 54°04′59″N 0°53′43″W / 54.0831°N 0.8953°W / 54.0831; -0.8953 | |
Whitwell-on-the-Hill is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The civil parish population (including Crambe and Foston) at the 2011 Census was 311. It is near the A64 road.
The local parish church is dedicated to St John.
Langdale's 1822 Topographical Dictionary reports "a well of remarkably clear water, from which the town derives its name". The 1828 The New Yorkshire Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary by Stephen Reynolds Clarke states that Whitwell is "6 miles S.W. from Malton a singular well, the water of which is nearly the colour of milk, and from which the township derives its name."
See also
Whitwell Hall, designed by James Pigott Pritchard, 1831, for Joseph Haigh (York Historian 40:36).
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- Any-village.com
External links
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