| Wighill | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Parish Church in Wighill | |
.svg)  Wighill Location within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 193 (2011 census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SE473465 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TADCASTER |
| Postcode district | LS24 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
Wighill is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is near the River Wharfe and 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Wetherby, West Yorkshire. The village has one public house, the White Swan Inn, which reopened in 2009 after a two-year closure.
Uhtred the Bold was murdered here in 1016.[2]
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Wighill Parish (E04007439)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ Aird, William (23 September 2004). "Uhtred, earl of Bamburgh". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27981. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)