Wighill

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Wighill
Yorkshire
West Riding
Wighill Church.jpg
All Saints' Parish Church, Wighill
Location
Grid reference: SE473465
Location: 53°54’47"N, 1°16’52"W
Data
Population: 193  (2011[1])
Post town: Tadcaster
Postcode: LS24
Local Government
Council: Harrogate
Parliamentary
constituency:
Selby and Ainsty

Wighill is a village and parish in the West Riding of Yorkshire, within the Ainsty wapentake. It is near the River Wharfe, six miles east of Wetherby. The village has one public house, The White Swan Inn, which reopened on 23 October 2009, after a two-year closure.[2]

Uhtred the Bold was murdered here in 1016.[3]

Notable people

  • John Dawson (1871–1948), cricketer
  • Rev. George Walker, 1618–1690, fought in the Battle of the Boyne and died on the battlefield.

References

Outside links

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