Westwick, North Yorkshire Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:54.0934°N -1.4683°W
Official Name:Westwick
Population:10
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituency Westminster:Skipton and Ripon
Post Town:HARROGATE
Postcode District:HG3
Postcode Area:HG
Dial Code:01765
Os Grid Reference:SE349664

Westwick is a civil parish in Harrogate district in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 3miles west of Boroughbridge, on the south bank of the River Ure. It is a small parish of only, and consists of a few scattered houses. In 2012 the population of the parish was estimated at 10.[1] As the population was less than 100 at the 2011 Census details are included by ONS in the civil parish of Skelton-on-Ure.thumb|Westwick LockWestwick was historically a township in the ancient parish of Ripon in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[2] It became a separate civil parish in 1866.[3]

Westwick Lock, one of two locks on the navigable section of the River Ure, is in the parish.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: North Yorkshire County Council. Population Estimates. 2012. 12 September 2014.
  2. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Ripon/Ripon68.html National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868), cited on GENUKI
  3. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10473664 Vision of Britain website