Oughtershaw

Oughtershaw is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It lies on a road it shares with other small villages; Deepdale, Yockenthwaite and Hubberholme, which traverses the watershed between Upper Wharfedale\Langstrothdale and Wensleydale over Fleet Moss into Gayle.[1] The hamlet lies at 1,180 feet (360 m) above sea level.[2] The name is first recorded in 1241 as Huctredsdale, and stems from Uhtred's copse, a personal name.[3] It has had many spellings down the years, being known variously as Ughtershaw, Ughtirshey, Owghtershawe, and Outershaw in the 19th century.[4][5]

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Oughtershaw
Oughtershaw
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSD868815
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSKIPTON
Postcode districtBD23
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
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AmbulanceYorkshire

Contrary to popular belief the river running past Oughtershaw is not the Wharfe; it is Oughtershaw Beck, which runs down to Beckermonds and then merges with Greenfield Beck to source the River Wharfe at the Langstrothdale chase.[6]

Oughtershaw is one of the hamlets on the Dales Way a long-distance walk that starts in the West Yorkshire town of Ilkley and travels 79 miles (127 km) to Windermere, in Cumbria.[7]

Oughtershaw. A piece of bleakest Yorkshire, but smiling in the sunshine through its bare miles of tufted grass. The air had the sharp sweetness which is found only on the top-most Pennines.[8] — James Herriot

References
  1. Donkin, Kevin (2015). "Walk 31 Cam Fell" (PDF). egwt.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com. p. 1. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. Speight, Harry (1897). Romantic Richmondshire: Being a complete account of the history, antiquities and scenery of the picturesque valleys of the Swale and Yore. London: E Stock. p. 21. OCLC 252008733.
  3. Chrystal, Paul (2017). The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales (1 ed.). Catrine: Stenlake. p. 63. ISBN 9781840337532.
  4. "Oughtershaw :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. Harker, Bailey J (1869). Rambles in upper Wharfedale. Skipton: Edmondson. p. 100. OCLC 5023044.
  6. Brown, L. E.; Cooper, L.; Holden, J.; Ramchunder, S. J. (9 June 2010). "A comparison of stream water temperature regimes from open and afforested moorland, Yorkshire Dales, northern England". Hydrological Processes. 24 (22): 3,207. doi:10.1002/hyp.7746.
  7. Reynolds, Fiona (12 September 2019). "Walking the 79-mile Dales Way: 'The Wharfe is full and raging; we're getting worried messages as people hear about the mayhem'". countrylife.co.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  8. James Herriot's Yorkshire (1979), James Herriot, St. Martin's

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