Bridge Hewick
| Bridge Hewick | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 Bridge over the River Ure at Bridge Hewick | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE338704 |
| Location: | 54°7’44"N, 1°29’3"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Ripon |
| Postcode: | HG4 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
Bridge Hewick is a village in the West Riding of Yorkshire, standing beside the River Ure, two miles east of the cathedral town of Ripon. The population was recorded at less than 100 at the 2011 Census.
According to A Dictionary of British Place Names, 'Bridge Hewick' could be derived from the Old English ‘heah wic', meaning "high or chief dairy-farm". Hewick is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Heawic", in the Hallikeld Wapentake. Listed for the settlement are three ploughlands and a meadow of one acre. In 1066 the lord of Hewick was Ealdred, Archbishop of York; lordship in 1086, after the Conquest, was held by the following archbishop, Thomas of Bayeux, who was also Tenant-in-chief to the King.[1][2]
In 1837, Bridge Hewick population was 77.[3] In 1870–02 Bridge Hewick was a township of 867 acres in the parish of Ripon, with a population of 89 in 18 houses.[4] A chapel in Bridge Hewick was in 1826 described as "in ruins".[5]
About the village
The Bridge Hewick local public house is the Black-A-Moor Inn.
The Bridge over the River Ure is the starting point of a circular walk around Ripon known as the Sanctuary Way Walk.[6]
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References
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
- ↑ (Bridge) Hewick in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Moule, Thomas (1837); The English Counties Delineated, Volume 2, p.467, reprint RareBooksClub.com (2012). ISBN 1130811395
- ↑ "Bridge Hewick West Riding", A Vision of Britain through Time, quoting John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–02). Retrieved 18 March 2015
- ↑ Urban, Sylvanus; The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Volume 96, Part 2, July to December 1826, p.310, reprint BiblioLife: Nabu Press (2012). ISBN 1276628951
- ↑ "Ripon Sanctuary Makers Sanctuary Way Walk" (PDF). Rotary International. p. 1. https://www.ldwa.org.uk/ldp/downloads/SanctuaryWayWalkLeaflet.pdf. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
