Wighill

Wighill
Wighill
	Wighill Location within North Yorkshire
Population	193 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference	SE473465
District	Harrogate;
Shire county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TADCASTER
Postcode district	LS24
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Selby and Ainsty;

Wighill is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is near the River Wharfe and 6 miles east of Wetherby, West Yorkshire. The village has one public house, The White Swan Inn, which reopened on 23 October 2009, after a two-year closure.[2]

All Saints' Parish Church, Wighill

The White Swan, Wighill

Uhtred the Bold was murdered here in 1016.[3]

Notable people

John Dawson (1871–1948), cricketer
Rev. George Walker, 1618–1690, fought in the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland, and died on the battlefield.

"Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
"Wighill pub all set to reopen". Wetherby News. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
"Uhtred, earl of Bamburgh (d. 1016)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 23 September 2004. Retrieved 7 February 2021.

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The ancient parish of Wighill: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI.

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