Walshford is a hamlet in the civil parish of Great Ribston with Walshford, in the Harrogate district, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is 3 miles (5 km) north of Wetherby, 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Knaresborough, and 9 miles (14 km) south of Boroughbridge.[1]
| Walshford | |
|---|---|
| Hamlet | |
_(geograph_5120350).jpg) Road in Walshford | |
.svg)  Walshford Location within North Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SE415533 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
History edit
Walshford is on the A168 road (originally the A1 road, which now by-passes Walshford) and on the River Nidd.[2] Historically, the hamlet was in the parish of Hunsingore, in the wapentake of Claro.[1][3] However, it is now in the civil parish of Great Ribston with Walshford, which had an estimated population of 70 in 2015.[4]
The hamlet does not appear in the Domesday Book, the name first being recorded in 1214 as Walleford. The name means ford of the Welshmen, though the ford has long since disappeared.[5][6] A bridge was first recorded at Walshford in the 13th century (around the same time as the name), and later a chapel built by the Knights Templar was erected (probably near to the bridge), but this was removed during the Dissolution, when the bridge was renovated.[7]
There are only a few houses, but The Bridge Inn, a former was a coaching inn on the Great North Road still exists. The inn is a converted farmhouse on the A168 road, and is a grade II listed structure.[8][9] One of the rooms is known as the "Byron Room", after the woodcarving and plaster were removed to the Bridge Inn from Halnaby Hall in the 1950s. Halnaby Hall was where Byron spent his honeymoon, or as he described it, his "treaclemoon".[10] The nearest railway station was Allerton/Hopperton (on what is now the Harrogate line), however since this closed in 1962, the nearest open station is Cattal on the same line.[11][12][13]
Walshford is in the district of Harrogate, however its Parliamentary constituency is Selby and Ainsty.[14]
Location grid edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Genuki: In 1822, the following places were in the Parish of Hunsingore:, Yorkshire (West Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ "Walshford West Riding". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ "Claro Wapentake :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 13. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ "Walshford :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ Chrystal, Paul (2017). The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales (1 ed.). Catrine: Stenlake. p. 86. ISBN 9781840337532.
- ^ Speight 1906, p. 99.
- ^ "Walshford" (PDF). colinday.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "The Bridge Inn (Grade II) (1149970)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ Laycock, Mike (21 May 2005). "Bridge Inn, Walshford, near Wetherby". York Press. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ Bradley, Tom (1896). The Yorkshire anglers' guide to the whole of the fishing on the Yorkshire rivers. Leeds: Bradley. p. 66. OCLC 38537601.
- ^ "Disused Stations: Hopperton Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ "Walshford postcode - Postcode by address". postcodebyaddress.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ "Election Maps Selby and Ainsty". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
Sources edit
- Speight, Harry (1906). Nidderdale, from Nun Monkton to Whernside. London: Stock. OCLC 1049874861.
External links edit
Media related to Walshford at Wikimedia Commons