Gollinglith Foot Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:54.2244°N -1.7662°W
Official Name:Gollinglith Foot
Static Image:Gollinglith Foot from Coal Road - geograph.org.uk - 278701.jpg
Static Image Caption:Gollinglith Foot from the west
Civil Parish:Healey
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Post Town:RIPON
Postcode District:HG4
Postcode Area:HG
Os Grid Reference:SE154810

Gollinglith Foot, historically also spelt Gownley Foot,[1] is a hamlet in the civil parish of Healey in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Burn near the foot of Colsterdale.

It takes its name from the moorland ridge known as Gollinglith 2miles west of the hamlet, between the valleys of the River Burn and Spruce Gill Beck.

Gollinglith Foot was once a thriving mining community. Iron, lead and coal have all been mined from the area. It once had its own school, founded in 1787.[2]

The Six Dales Trail passes through the hamlet.[3]

Notes and References

  1. e.g. in record of Elizabeth Verity (1858) at Web site: Verity family. Grewelthorpe village website. 29 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Healey. Welcome to Richmond.
  3. Book: Sparshatt, John. The Six Dales Trail. 2011. 32. 978 0 9564441 1 0.