Wighill
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| Wighill | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 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
- ↑ "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130655&c=LS24+8BE&d=16&e=62&g=6454512&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1438694447391&enc=1. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ↑ "Wighill pub all set to reopen". Wetherby News. 15 October 2009. http://www.wetherbynews.co.uk/news/wetherby/wighill-pub-all-set-to-reopen-1-2666965#. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ↑ "Uhtred, earl of Bamburgh (d. 1016)". 23 September 2004. https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-27981. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
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