Weston, North Yorkshire

Weston
Weston is located in North Yorkshire
Weston
Weston
Location within North Yorkshire
Population209 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSE178470
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townOTLEY
Postcode districtLS21
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
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List of places
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53°55′10″N 1°43′46″W / 53.91942°N 1.72957°W / 53.91942; -1.72957

Weston is a village and civil parish in the former Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is 1.2 miles (2 km) north–west of Otley and near the River Wharfe which forms the boundary between North and West Yorkshire.[2] The name is from Old English and means western enclosure, farmstead or village.[3]

The village is less than a mile north-east of Burley-in-Wharfedale across the River Wharfe, but there is no direct access across the river. Access to Weston village is by an unclassified road (Weston Lane) from Otley and from Askwith and Ilkley to the west.[4]

The village of Weston should not be confused with the nearby Weston Estate, a housing estate around Weston Lane between Weston and Newall, within Otley and West Yorkshire.[5]

The civil parish extends some 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of the village to the River Washburn. Much of the northern part of the parish is an estate including commercial premises and farmland, also known as the Weston Estate.[6] To the south of the village, Weston Hall is part of the Askwith Estate adjoining the north bank of the River Wharfe.

Weston was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974,[7] and part of Harrogate District until the districts within North Yorkshire were abolished on 31 March 2023.[8]

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. ^ "104" (Map). Leeds & Bradford. 1:50,000. Landranger. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 978-0-319-26202-3.
  3. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 508. OCLC 400936.
  4. ^ "Weston Conservation Area Character Appraisal" (PDF). nidderdaleaonb.org.uk. Harrogate Borough Council. 16 November 2011. p. 5. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  5. ^ Redhead, Jonathan (4 July 2011). "Drugs seized in raids on Otley estate". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Design and Access Statement: Proposed repair and reuse of Dob Park Lodge" (PDF). 20 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  7. ^ "History of Weston, in Harrogate and West Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Welcome to North Yorkshire Council". Retrieved 8 December 2023.