Wighill

Wighill
All Saints' Parish Church in Wighill
Wighill is located in North Yorkshire
Wighill
Wighill
Location within North Yorkshire
Population193 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSE473465
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTADCASTER
Postcode districtLS24
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
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53°54′47″N 1°16′52″W / 53.91302°N 1.28124°W / 53.91302; -1.28124

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]

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Wighill Parish (E04007439)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. ^ 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.)