Westwick, North Yorkshire

Westwick
Westwick
	Westwick Location within North Yorkshire
Population	10
OS grid reference	SE349664
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire;
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
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	Skipton and Ripon;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°05′36″N 1°28′06″W / 54.0934°N 1.4683°W

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.^[1] 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.^[2] It became a separate civil parish in 1866.^[3]

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

[1] "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2014.

[2] National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868), cited on GENUKI

[3] Vision of Britain website

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