Fountains Earth

Fountains Earth is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The principal village in the parish is Lofthouse, and the parish also includes the hamlet of Bouthwaite and the northern part of the village of Wath. The population of the parish in the 2011 census was 197. The parish occupies the eastern side of upper Nidderdale. It is bounded on the west by the River Nidd and Gouthwaite Reservoir, which separate the parish from Stonebeck Up and Stonebeck Down. In Wath, at the southern end of the parish, a stream known as Dauber Gill separates the parish from High and Low Bishopside. To the north and east large areas of grouse moor extend into the neighbouring parishes of Ilton cum Pott and Laverton. Historically Fountains Earth was a township in the ancient parish of Kirkby Malzeard in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The township took its name from Fountains Abbey, which owned the land in the Middle Ages and established granges at Lofthouse, Bouthwaite and other places in the township. Fountains Earth became a civil parish in 1866. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The parish now shares the Upper Nidderdale grouped parish council with the parishes of Stonebeck Down and Stonebeck Up.

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Bouthwaite Grange

Bouthwaite Grange is a historic building in Bouthwaite, a hamlet in Nidderdale in North Yorkshire, England. In the late mediaeval period, Bouthwaite was a lodge associated with Dacre, itself a grange of Fountains Abbey. The current house was built in 1673, and was altered in both the 18th and 19th centuries. Remains of various associated buildings survived until the 20th century, but were then demolished so that farm outbuildings could be built. The house was grade II* listed in 1967, at which time part of it had been subdivided as Grange Cottage. The house is built of stone with a stone slate roof, and has two storeys and five bays. The central doorway has a chamfered surround and a dated and initialled basket arched lintel. To the right is a doorway with a chamfered surround and a four-centred arched head. The windows either have a single light, or are chamfered and mullioned, some with hood moulds. Inside, there is a 17th-century oak staircase, and panelling, stone fireplaces, and oak doors with ironwork, all of similar date.

Bouthwaite

Bouthwaite is a hamlet in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated in Nidderdale, to the north of Pateley Bridge, close to the village of Ramsgill. The Nidderdale Way and Six Dales Trail both pass through the hamlet. The place is first mentioned in 1184 as Burtheit. The toponym means "cottage or store-house clearing", from the Old Norse búr and þveit. Fountains Abbey owned the land in the Middle Ages and established a grange at Bouthwaite. The farmhouse named Bouthwaite Grange now stands on the site. Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. Between 1907 and 1930 Bouthwaite was the site of Ramsgill railway station on the Nidd Valley Light Railway.

Ramsgill railway station

Ramsgill railway station was a station on the Nidd Valley Light Railway in Nidderdale in Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1907 and closed in 1930. It was located in Bouthwaite, 0.3 miles (0.5 km) from the village of Ramsgill, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire but now in North Yorkshire. The station is now a private residence, though the platform can still be seen.

Ramsgill

Ramsgill is a small village in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England, about 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of Lofthouse, located near Gouthwaite Reservoir. It is chiefly known for the Yorke Arms, formerly a Michelin-starred restaurant on the village green which takes its name from the lords of the manor, the Yorke family, who once lived in nearby Gouthwaite Hall. The Yorke Arms is now an event venue. St Mary's Church, Ramsgill was built in 1842, near to the remains of a Grade II listed medieval chapel which was originally part of a large grange built by the monks of Byland Abbey. Ramsgill had a railway station on the Nidd Valley Light Railway, located in the hamlet of Bouthwaite. It opened in 1907 and closed in 1930. The murderer Eugene Aram was born in Ramsgill.