Westwick, North Yorkshire

Civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

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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 Lock

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