Bridge Hewick

Bridge Hewick is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated on the River Ure, and approximately 2 miles (3 km) east of the market town of Ripon. The population was recorded at less than 100 at the 2011 Census. Details are included on the statistics of the civil parish of Copt Hewick.[1] North Yorkshire County Council estimate that the population at the 2011 census was 50, which had risen to 60 by 2015.[2]

B6265 road bridge over the River Ure at Bridge Hewick

Bridge Hewick
Bridge Hewick
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE338704
• London190 mi (310 km) SSE
Civil parish
  • Bridge Hewick
District
  • Harrogate
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRIPON
Postcode districtHG4
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire

According to A Dictionary of British Place Names, 'Bridge Hewick' could be derived from the Old English 'brycg' for "at the bridge", with 'heah+wic', meaning a "high or chief dairy-farm". Hewick is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Heawic", in the Hallikeld Hundred of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Listed for the settlement are three ploughlands and a meadow of one acre. In 1066 the lord of Hewick was Ealdred, Archbishop of York; lordship in 1086, after the Conquest, was held by the following archbishop, Thomas of Bayeux, who was also Tenant-in-chief to King William.[3][4]

In 1837, Bridge Hewick population was 77.[5] In 1870–02 Bridge Hewick was a township of 867 acres (4 km2) in the civil parish of Ripon, with a population of 89 in 18 houses.[6] A chapel in Bridge Hewick was in 1826 described as "in ruins".[7]

The Bridge Hewick local public house is the Black-A-Moor Inn.[8] The Bridge over the River Ure is the starting point of a circular walk around Ripon known as the Sanctuary Way Walk.[9]

References
  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Copt Hewick Parish (E04007328)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  2. "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. p. 13. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. Mills, Anthony David (2003); A Dictionary of British Place Names, p.237, Oxford University Press, revised edition (2011). ISBN 019960908X
  4. "(Bridge) Hewick" Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Domesdaymap.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2015
  5. Moule, Thomas (1837); The English Counties Delineated, Volume 2, p.467, reprint RareBooksClub.com (2012). ISBN 1130811395
  6. "Bridge Hewick West Riding", A Vision of Britain through Time, quoting John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–02). Retrieved 18 March 2015
  7. Urban, Sylvanus; The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Volume 96, Part 2, July to December 1826, p.310, reprint BiblioLife: Nabu Press (2012). ISBN 1276628951
  8. "The Black-A-Moor, Bridge Hewick", Geograph. Retrieved 18 March 2015
  9. "Ripon Sanctuary Makers Sanctuary Way Walk" (PDF). lwda.org.uk. Rotary International. p. 1. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
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