Bouthwaite

Bouthwaite
Bouthwaite is located in North Yorkshire
Bouthwaite
Bouthwaite
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE1271
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHARROGATE
Postcode districtHG3
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54°08′N 1°49′W / 54.13°N 01.81°W / 54.13; -01.81

Bouthwaite is a hamlet in the former Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated in Nidderdale, to the north of Pateley Bridge, close to the village of Ramsgill. The Nidderdale Way and Six Dales Trail both pass through the hamlet.

The place is first mentioned in 1184 as Burtheit. The toponym means "cottage or store-house clearing", from the Old Norse búr and þveit.[1] Fountains Abbey owned the land in the Middle Ages and established a grange at Bouthwaite.[2] The farmhouse named Bouthwaite Grange now stands on the site.[3]

Between 1907 and 1930 Bouthwaite was the site of Ramsgill railway station on the Nidd Valley Light Railway.[4]

Upper Nidderdale near Bouthwaite
  1. ^ Smith, A. H. (1961). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. 202.
  2. ^ Jennings, Bernard (1992). A History of Nidderdale. p. 88. ISBN 1-85072-114-9.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Bouthwaite Grange and Grange Cottage (1150524)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  4. ^ Suggitt, Gordon (2010) [2005]. Lost Railways of North & East Yorkshire. Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books. ISBN 9781853069185.