Westow
Westow is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Westow is situated in the lee of Spy Hill, bordering the Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 3 miles from the A64 road linking Leeds to the East Coast, 5 miles west of the town of Malton, and 15 miles east of the city of York.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 329 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Westow, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blacksmiths Arms and Church of St Mary, Westow.
Church of St Mary, Westow
Church
Photo: Martin Dawes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church, also known as Church of St Mary of the Moor or St Mary ad mora is a church located in the village of Westow, North Yorkshire. The church dates back to Norman times but was almost entirely rebuilt in the 1860s, at a cost of £1,400, with only the Norman tower remaining.
Kirkham Priory
Monastery
Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
The ruins of Kirkham Priory are situated on the banks of the River Derwent, at Kirkham, North Yorkshire, England. The Augustinian priory was founded in the 1120s by Walter l'Espec, lord of nearby Helmsley, who also built Rievaulx Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Firby and Kirkham.
Firby
Hamlet
Photo: Stephen Horncastle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Firby is a village in the civil parish of Westow, in North Yorkshire, England, 4 miles south west of Malton. Firby was historically a township in the parish of Westow in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Kirkham
Village
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Kirkham is a village in the civil parish of Westow, in North Yorkshire, England, close to Malton, situated in the Howardian Hills alongside the River Derwent, and is notable for the nearby ruins of Kirkham Priory, an Augustinian establishment.
Crambe
Village
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Crambe is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is near the River Derwent and 6 miles south-west of Malton. The population as of the 2011 census was less than 100.
Westow
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Westow, Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.07765° or 54° 4′ 40″ northLongitude
-0.84761° or 0° 50′ 51″ westPopulation
329Elevation
246 feet (75 metres)Open location code
9C6X35H2+3XOpenStreetMap ID
node 244763440OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2634297Wikidata ID
Q985729
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