Sutton Howgrave

Sutton Howgrave is a village in North Yorkshire, England. It is the only village in the civil parish of Sutton with Howgrave. The population of the parish was estimated at 70 in 2014. Sutton Howgrave was mentioned in the Domesday Book (as Sudtone) and in the Middle Ages it was a manor in the parish of Kirklington in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It remained a township of Kirklington until 1866, when it became a separate civil parish, now known as Sutton with Howgrave. Despite its name, the parish of Sutton with Howgrave does not include all of Howgrave, which is a separate civil parish. The civil parish of Sutton with Howgrave was part of the district of Hambleton from 1974 to 2023, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. Since 1978 it has shared the grouped parish council of Kirklington with Sutton Howgrave with the parishes of Kirklington-cum-Upsland and Howgrave.

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Howgrave

Howgrave is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is a very small parish, with an area of only 323 acres (131 ha) and an estimated population in 2014 of only 10. There is no modern village in the parish. The site of the deserted medieval village of Howgrave lies in the west of the parish, 0.3 miles (0.5 km) west of the village of Sutton Howgrave. Despite its small size Howgrave has a complicated geography and history. Today Howgrave is divided between two civil parishes, Howgrave itself and Sutton with Howgrave, which, despite its name, includes only part of Howgrave. Until the 19th century both parishes were townships in the ancient parish of Kirklington in the North Riding of Yorkshire, but small parts of Howgrave were detached parts of two other townships and parishes. A farm and a house were detached parts of the township of Nunwick cum Howgrave in the parish of Ripon, and another house was a detached part of the township of Holme cum Howgrave in the parish of Pickhill. The toponym is derived from the Old English hol grāf, meaning "grove in the hollow". Howgrave was mentioned in the Domesday Book (as Hograve), when different carucates were held by three different owners, the Earl of Richmond, the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Durham. It was considered a separate manor of Kirklington in the 16th century, but by 1640 it was recorded that there were no inhabitants in the township. Howgrave became a separate civil parish in 1866. The detached parts of Nunwick cum Howgrave, a total of 118 acres (48 ha), became detached parts of the new civil parish of Nunwick cum Howgrave. In the late 19th century 33 acres (13 ha) of the detached parts of Nunwick cum Howgrave were transferred to the civil parish of Howgrave, and 85 acres (34 ha) of Nunwick cum Howgrave were transferred to the civil parish of Sutton Howgrave. In 1974 Howgrave was transferred to Hambleton district in the new county of North Yorkshire. Hambleton was abolished in 2023, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. Since 1978 it has shared a grouped parish council, Kirklington with Sutton Howgrave, with the parishes of Kirklington-cum-Upsland and Sutton with Howgrave.

Wath (near Ripon)

Wath (alias Wath-by-Ripon) is a village and civil parish 3.7 miles (6 km) north of Ripon in North Yorkshire, England. The population of the parish was estimated at 210 in 2015. The parish church is dedicated to St Mary.

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Wath Rural District

Wath Rural District was a rural district in the North Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974. It was created in 1894 from that part of the Ripon rural sanitary district which was in the North Riding (the West Riding part becoming the Ripon Rural District.) It was named after the village of Wath. In 1974 it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972. Since then it has formed part of the district of Harrogate in North Yorkshire.

Middleton Quernhow

Middleton Quernhow is a settlement and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The parish is included in the Wathvale Ward with a population of 3,479 (at the 2011 census). North Yorkshire County Council estimated that the population of the parish was 60 in 2015. It is very near the A1(M) road and is 4 miles (7 km) north of Ripon. Quernhow, which has also been spelled Whernhowe and Whernou means mill-hill, the first element deriving from the Old Norse kvern meaning a mill stone. How or Howe, deriving from the Old Norse word haugr meaning a hill, is a common element in Yorkshire place name. In this instance, the Quernhow in question is a small hillock on a road that was the dividing line between the parishes of Ainderby and Middleton Quernhow. The settlement is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as being a manor of 5 carucates, once held by Tor, but by 1086 was in the possession of Count Alan. It passed through several families (de Middleton, de Scrope, best and Herbert) before the manor house was left to ruin sometime in the early 18th century. The manor house is known as The Old Hall and is now a grade II listed building but has been listed as being in poor condition and under threat and is listed on English Heritage's Buildings at Risk Register. One of the former occupants of The Old hall, Thomas Best, was a Member of Parliament for Ripon in the early 17th century. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The housing in the village is mostly former estate cottages tied to the manor house. The surrounding area is grassland and is in use for arable farming. As there is no school in the village, primary school children are taken by a free bus to Pickhill Primary School on the other side of the A1(M). Secondary education for children from the area is at Thirsk School.