Whitwell-on-the-Hill

Whitewell-on-the-Hill
St John's Church, Whitwell-on-the-Hill
Whitewell-on-the-Hill is located in North Yorkshire
Whitewell-on-the-Hill
Whitewell-on-the-Hill
Location within North Yorkshire
Population311 (2011 census)[1]
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townYork
Postcode districtYO60
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Yorkshire
54°04′59″N 0°53′43″W / 54.0831°N 0.8953°W / 54.0831; -0.8953

Whitwell-on-the-Hill is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The civil parish population (including Crambe and Foston) at the 2011 Census was 311.[1] It is near the A64 road.[2]

The local parish church is dedicated to St John.

Langdale's 1822 Topographical Dictionary reports "a well of remarkably clear water, from which the town derives its name". The 1828 The New Yorkshire Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary by Stephen Reynolds Clarke states that Whitwell is "6 miles S.W. from Malton [has] a singular well, the water of which is nearly the colour of milk, and from which the township derives its name."

  1. ^ a b "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  2. ^ Any-village.com