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East Witton is a village and civil parish in Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England. It lies south of Leyburn, in the Richmondshire district. Richard Whiteley is buried there;[2] he and his partner, Kathryn Apanowicz, lived in the village.
The village lies at the mouth of
The western part of the parish is in the
History
East Witton was originally known simply as Witton and was mentioned (as Witun) in Domesday Book of 1086.[3] The name is Old English, from widu and tūn, meaning ‘wood settlement’, suggesting a place where wood was felled or worked.[4] By the late 12th century the village had become known as East Witton to distinguish it from another Witton, now known as West Witton, 5 miles (8 km) further up Wensleydale.
The village was originally sited along what is now Lowthorpe, which leads to the site of the old church (St Martin in the Field). It acquired a town charter (and is shown on older
The village green has three village taps, with mains water being installed in most houses in the late 1950s from the new Sowden Beck pumping station.
The parish of East Witton was historically divided into the
In 1974 the parishes of East Witton Town and East Witton Out were transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire. In 2002 the two parishes were abolished to create the new combined parish of East Witton.[11]
The population of the parish at the
Popular culture
East Witton is featured in the British television series All Creatures Great and Small, in the episode The Prodigal Returns, as the home of the two Mrs Altons.
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Lower Wensleydale About the Area > Towns & Villages > East Witton". www.lower-wensleydale.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ "[East] Witton Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-521-16855-7.
- ^ "GENUKI: East Witton Parish information from Bulmers' 1890". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ William Page, ed. (1914). "Parishes: East Witton". Victoria County History. A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. pp. 280–286. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ "East Witton, Wensleydale – Conservation Area Character Appraisal" (PDF). Yorkshire Dales. 27 November 2001. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ "GENUKI: East Witton". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ Vision of Britain website: Healey with Sutton
- ^ Vision of Britain website: Masham Moor
- ^ "The Richmondshire (Parishes) Order 2002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – East Witton Parish (36UE102)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2019.