Hartwith cum Winsley is a civil parish in former Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England. Historically it was a township in the ancient parish of Kirkby Malzeard in the West Riding of Yorkshire, a detached part of that parish.[1] It became a separate civil parish in 1866, and was transferred to North Yorkshire in 1974.
The main settlement in the parish is the village of Summerbridge. The parish also includes the hamlets of Low Laithe, New York, Brimham, Hartwith and the eastern part of Smelthouses. Winsley consists of some scattered houses and farms in the east of the parish. In 2015 the population of the parish was estimated at 1,020.[2]
The parish occupies the north side of lower Nidderdale. In the north of the parish are Brimham Rocks.
In the Middle Ages, Hartwith cum Winsley (then known as Brimham) formed part of the lands of Fountains Abbey, which established granges at Wise Ing (near Smelthouses), Braisty Woods, Brimham Grange and Brimham Park.[3] At Brimham Grange there was a chapel, where local recusants kept a Catholic priest in the late 16th century.[4] In the 18th century Brimham Hall was built on the site of Brimham Grange and is now a Grade II listed building.[5] Brimham Park was used by the abbots as a hunting lodge. It was replaced in 1661 by a substantial house now known as Brimham Lodge, which is a Grade I listed building.[6]
- ^ Vision of Britain website
- ^ "Population Estimates" (PDF). North Yorkshire County Council. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2018. In the 2011 census the population was not counted separately, but included with Warsill.ONS Neighbourhood Statistics: 2011 census
- ^ Jennings, Bernard (1992). A History of Nidderdale. pp. 88, 100–102. ISBN 1-85072-114-9.
- ^ Jennings, p.385
- ^ Historic England. "Brimham Hall (1150542)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ^ Historic England. "Brimham Lodge (1150538)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 June 2013.