Middleton Quernhow

Coordinates: 54°12′00″N 1°29′13″W / 54.200°N 1.487°W / 54.200; -1.487
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Middleton Quernhow
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54°12′00″N 1°29′13″W / 54.200°N 1.487°W / 54.200; -1.487

Middleton Quernhow is a settlement and

North Yorkshire County Council estimated that the population of the parish was 60 in 2015.[2] It is very near the A1(M) road and is 4 miles (7 km) north of Ripon.[3]

Quernhow, which has also been spelled Whernhowe and Whernou means mill-hill, the first element deriving from the Old Norse kvern meaning a mill stone.[4] How or Howe, deriving from the Old Norse word haugr meaning a hill, is a common element in Yorkshire place name.[5] In this instance, the Quernhow in question is a small hillock on a road that was the dividing line between the parishes of Ainderby and Middleton Quernhow.[6]

The settlement is mentioned in the

Member of Parliament for Ripon in the early 17th century.[11]

The housing in the village is mostly former estate cottages tied to the manor house. The surrounding area is grassland and is in use for arable farming.[12]

As there is no school in the village, primary school children are taken by a free bus to Pickhill Primary School on the other side of the A1(M).[13] Secondary education for children from the area is at Thirsk School.[14]

Gallery

  • Sunset at the Old Hall, Middleton Quernhow
    Sunset at the Old Hall, Middleton Quernhow
  • A windmill driving a waterpump near Middleton Quernhow
    A windmill driving a waterpump near Middleton Quernhow

References

  1. Office for National Statistics
    . Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  2. ^ "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. 2015. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. ISBN 9780319245514
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  4. ISBN 0-19-869103-3
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  5. ^ Yorkshire Place-Name Meanings
  6. ISBN 9781840337532
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  7. ^ Powell-Smith, Anna. "Middleton [Quernhow] | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Parishes: Wath | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  9. ^ Historic England. "The Old Hall (Grade II) (1150058)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  10. ^ "More than half of Yorkshire's historic heritage under threat". The Yorkshire Post. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  11. ^ "BEST, Thomas (1589-c.1649), of Middleton Quernhow, nr. Ripon, Yorks. and Fleet Street, London | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Built and natural environment assessments Volume 10: Lingerfield - Minskip" (PDF). harrogate.gov.uk. October 2016. p. 161. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Transport - Pickhill Church of England VC Primary School". www.pickhill.n-yorks.sch.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Browse school information for your area". northyorks.gov.uk. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.

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