Whashton
Whashton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 128 residents
- Description: village in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Whashton, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Peter and St Felix’s Church, Kirby Ravensworth and Ravensworth Castle.
St Peter and St Felix’s Church, Kirby Ravensworth
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter and St Felix's Church is an Anglican church in Kirby Hill, a village near Richmond, North Yorkshire, in England. The first church on the site was Anglo-Saxon, while a replacement was probably built in the early 12th century.
Ravensworth Castle
Ruins
Photo: David Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ravensworth Castle is a ruined 14th-century castle in the village of Ravensworth, North Yorkshire, England. It has been designated a Grade I listed building by English Heritage.
St Agatha’s Church, Gilling West
Church
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Agatha's Church is an Anglican church in Gilling West, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was originally built in the late 11th century, as a small rectangular building with a west tower. St Agatha’s Church, Gilling West is situated 2 miles east of Whashton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hartforth and Gilling West.
Hartforth
Locality
Photo: Roger Dean, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hartforth is a small village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately 9 miles south-west from the market town of Darlington, and is part of the civil parish of Gilling with Hartforth and Sedbury.
Gilling West
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilling West is a village about 3.5 miles north of Richmond in North Yorkshire, England. It is located in the civil parish of Gilling with Hartforth and Sedbury. Gilling West is situated 2 miles east of Whashton.
Richmond
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Richmond is a market town in North Yorkshire in northeast England, with a population of just over 50,000 in 2021. It has an attractive old centre and is a good base for visiting the Yorkshire Dales.
Whashton
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Whashton, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.45026° or 54° 27′ 1″ northLongitude
-1.76871° or 1° 46′ 7″ westPopulation
128Elevation
574 feet (175 metres)Open location code
9C6WF62J+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 29541778OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
7302940Wikidata ID
Q2584642
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Whashton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Whashton”
- Danish: “Whashton”
- Dutch: “Whashton”
- French: “Whashton”
- Irish: “Whashton”
- Ladin: “Whashton”
- Polish: “Whashton”
- Swedish: “Whashton”
- Turkish: “Whashton”
- “Whashton”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Whashton Green and Forster Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Diamond Hill Plantation and Whashton Bridge Over Hartforth Beck.
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