Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 54.0567°N -0.8755°W |
Label Position: | top |
Official Name: | Howsham |
Population: | 273 |
Population Ref: | (Including Scrayingham. 2011 census) |
Unitary England: | North Yorkshire |
Lieutenancy England: | North Yorkshire |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Post Town: | YORK |
Postcode District: | YO60 |
Postcode Area: | YO |
Os Grid Reference: | SE737628 |
Howsham is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is home to a small parish church and Howsham Hall. Howsham appeared as Husun in the Domesday Book.[1]
Historically the village was part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. From 1974 to 2023 the village was in the Ryedale district. It is now administered by North Yorkshire Council.
Howsham was served by Howsham railway station on the York to Scarborough Line between 1845 and 1849. George Hudson (1800–1871), an English railway financier and politician was born in Howsham.[2]