Human settlement in England
Westwick | |
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WestwickLocation within North Yorkshire | |
Population | 10 |
OS grid reference | SE349664 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HARROGATE |
Postcode district | HG3 |
Dialling code | 01765 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
54°05′36″N 1°28′06″W / 54.0934°N 1.4683°W / 54.0934; -1.4683 |
Westwick is a civil parish in Harrogate district in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 3 miles (5 km) west of Boroughbridge, on the south bank of the River Ure. It is a small parish of only 422 acres (171 ha), and consists of a few scattered houses. In 2012 the population of the parish was estimated at 10. As the population was less than 100 at the 2011 Census details are included by ONS in the civil parish of Skelton-on-Ure.
Westwick was historically a township in the ancient parish of Ripon in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It became a separate civil parish in 1866.
Westwick Lock, one of two locks on the navigable section of the River Ure, is in the parish.
References
- "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868), cited on GENUKI
- Vision of Britain website