Westwick, North Yorkshire

Westwick
Westwick
 Westwick shown within North Yorkshire
Population 10 
OS grid referenceSE349664
DistrictHarrogate
Shire countyNorth Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town HARROGATE
Postcode district HG3
Dialling code 01765
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK ParliamentSkipton and Ripon
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Coordinates: 54°05′36″N 1°28′06″W / 54.0934°N 1.4683°W / 54.0934; -1.4683

Westwick is a civil parish in Harrogate district in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 3 miles (5 km) west of Boroughbridge, on the south bank of the River Ure. It is a small parish of only 422 acres (171 ha), 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.

Westwick 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  2. ↑ National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868), cited on GENUKI
  3. ↑ Vision of Britain website
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