Warsill

Warsill is a civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England. There is no village in the parish. It consists of a few scattered farms 5 miles (8 km) north west of Ripon. In 1961 the population of the parish was 42.[1] The population was estimated at 70 in 2015.[2]

Warsill
Civil parish

Warsill Hall Farm
Population70 (2015)
OS grid referenceSE226651
Civil parish
  • Warsill
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHARROGATE
Postcode districtHG3
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

Warsill was historically an extra parochial area. It became a civil parish in 1858.[3] Today it shares a grouped parish council with Bishop Thornton.[4]

The toponym, first recorded in 1132 as Warthsala, probably derives from the Old English weard sæl, meaning "watch castle".[5] In the Middle Ages there was a grange of Fountains Abbey here, and Warsill Hall Farmhouse, a 17th-century Grade II listed building, now stands on its site.[6]

References

  1. Vision of Britain: Census Reports
  2. "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2017. In the 2011 census the population of the parish was included with Hartwith cum Winsley and not counted separately.
  3. Vision of Britain website
  4. Bishop Thornton, Shaw Mills and Warsill Parish Web Portal
  5. Smith, A.H. (1961). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. 186.
  6. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1251860)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
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