Ramsgill Explained

Country:England
Static Image:Ramsgill, North Yorkshire.jpg
Static Image Caption:The Yorke Arms, Ramsgill
Coordinates:54.1358°N -1.8186°W
Official Name:Ramsgill
Civil Parish:Stonebeck Down
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Constituency Westminster:Skipton and Ripon
Post Town:HARROGATE
Postcode District:HG3
Postcode Area:HG
Os Grid Reference:SE118711

Ramsgill is a small village in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England, about 2miles south-east of Lofthouse, located near Gouthwaite Reservoir. It is chiefly known for the Yorke Arms, formerly a Michelin-starred restaurant on the village green which takes its name from the lords of the manor, the Yorke family, who once lived in nearby Gouthwaite Hall.[1] [2] The Yorke Arms is now an event venue.[3]

The Church of St Mary the Virgin was built in 1842, near to the remains of a Grade II listed medieval chapel which was originally part of a large grange built by the monks of Byland Abbey.[2] [4]

Ramsgill had a railway station on the Nidd Valley Light Railway, located in the hamlet of Bouthwaite.[5] It opened in 1907 and closed in 1930.

The murderer Eugene Aram was born in Ramsgill.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Behrens . David . Shooting on menu . The Yorkshire Post . 4 May 2019 . Country Life . 17. 0963-1496.
  2. Book: A Topographical Dictionary of England . Stokeham - Stoney-Middleton. Samuel Lewis . London . 1848 . 224–229. British History Online . 1 January 2018.
  3. https://www.theyorkearms.co.uk/ Welcome to the Yorke Arms
  4. Web site: St Mary the Virgin, Ramsgill. The Church in the Dale. 1 January 2018.
  5. Book: Gordon Suggitt. Lost Railways of North & East Yorkshire. 9781853069185. Countryside Books. Newbury, Berkshire. 2010. 2005.