Wilsill

Village in North Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Wilsill

Wilsill's Methodist Church

Wilsill

Location within North Yorkshire

OS grid reference| SE183645
Civil parish|

* High and Low Bishopside

Unitary authority|

* North Yorkshire

Ceremonial county|

* North Yorkshire

Region|

* Yorkshire and the Humber

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| HARROGATE
Postcode district| HG3
Police| North Yorkshire
Fire| North Yorkshire
Ambulance| Yorkshire

List of places

England
Yorkshire

54°04′36″N 1°43′15″W﻿ / ﻿54.076750°N 1.720910°W﻿ / 54.076750; -1.720910

Wilsill is a village in Nidderdale in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 2 miles (3 km) east of Pateley Bridge on the B6165 road between Pateley Bridge and Ripley.[1] In 2016, Harrogate Borough Council estimated the population as being 176.[2]

The village appears in the Domesday Book as Wifelshale, where it was listed as having 18 villagers, 40 ploughlands and belonging to the Archbishop of York.[3] The name of the village derives from a personal name (Wifel) and the Old English Halh, which means corner of land.[4]

Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.[5] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The village has a Methodist chapel, an Anglican church (St Michael and All Angels)[6] and a public house (The Birch Tree Inn).[7] The village is served by an eight times daily bus service between Pateley Bridge and Harrogate. Although the railway between Harrogate and Pateley Bridge went through the southern part of the villages' location, it was not furnished with a railway station.[8]

## See also

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* Listed buildings in High and Low Bishopside

## References

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1. ^ "298" (Map). Nidderdale. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. ISBN 9780319245507.
2. ^ "Rural Rate Relief" (PDF). harrogate.gov.uk. 2016. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
3. ^ "Wilsill | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
4. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 521\. OCLC 1228215388.
5. ^ "History of High and Low Bishopside, in Harrogate and West Riding". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
6. ^ "St Michael & All Angels - A Church Near You". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
7. ^ Jenkins, Simon (29 November 2012). "Pub review: The Birch Tree, Wilsill, Nr Harrogate". The Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
8. ^ "No. 20666". The London Gazette. 16 November 1846. p. 4593.

## External links

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