Finghall | |
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St Andrews Church, Finghall | |
Location within
North Yorkshire | |
Population | 140 [1] |
OS grid reference | SE181895 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Leyburn |
Postcode district | DL8 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
Finghall, historically spelt Fingall, [2] is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. [3] [4] It is in lower Wensleydale south of the A684 road, about 6.2 miles (10 km) west of Bedale and about 5 miles (8 km) east of Leyburn. [5]
The population of the parish was estimated at 140 in 2016. [1]
The village is mentioned in Domesday Book as Fingall, when it belonged to Count Alan and had 13 villagers. [6] The origin of the place-name is the Old English words Fin, inga and hall meaning a nook of land of the family or followers of a man called Fina. The place-name appears as Finegala in Domesday Book of 1086 and as Finyngale in 1157. [7]
Finghall was a large ancient parish in the wapentake of Hang West in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The parish included the townships of Finghall, Constable Burton, Akebar and Hutton Hang, [2] all of which became separate civil parishes in 1866.
In the 1820s Finghall had a population of 126, which had dropped to 111 by 1872 and 99 by 1897. [8] [9] The 12th-century church is dedicated to St Andrew [10] and is adjacent to the beck and quite near the A684 road. It is thought that the Medieval village of Fingall was clustered around the church but was abandoned during a plague. [11]
The village had a railway station on the Wensleydale Railway, which opened in the 1850s and closed in 1954. [12] It was reopened on the heritage Wensleydale Railway in 2004. The village has an annual Spring Bank Holiday Barrel Push, which sees competitors push an 18-imperial-gallon (82 L; 22 US gal) metal beer barrel over a distance of 3,300 feet (1,000 m). [13]
The village public house is the Queen's Head. [14] A local legend maintains that the willows that line the beck to the north of the village, of which there is a good view from the dining room and terrace of the pub, inspired Kenneth Grahame to write The Wind in the Willows. [15] The village to the east is Newton-le-Willows. [16]
Finghall | |
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St Andrews Church, Finghall | |
Location within
North Yorkshire | |
Population | 140 [1] |
OS grid reference | SE181895 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Leyburn |
Postcode district | DL8 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
Finghall, historically spelt Fingall, [2] is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. [3] [4] It is in lower Wensleydale south of the A684 road, about 6.2 miles (10 km) west of Bedale and about 5 miles (8 km) east of Leyburn. [5]
The population of the parish was estimated at 140 in 2016. [1]
The village is mentioned in Domesday Book as Fingall, when it belonged to Count Alan and had 13 villagers. [6] The origin of the place-name is the Old English words Fin, inga and hall meaning a nook of land of the family or followers of a man called Fina. The place-name appears as Finegala in Domesday Book of 1086 and as Finyngale in 1157. [7]
Finghall was a large ancient parish in the wapentake of Hang West in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The parish included the townships of Finghall, Constable Burton, Akebar and Hutton Hang, [2] all of which became separate civil parishes in 1866.
In the 1820s Finghall had a population of 126, which had dropped to 111 by 1872 and 99 by 1897. [8] [9] The 12th-century church is dedicated to St Andrew [10] and is adjacent to the beck and quite near the A684 road. It is thought that the Medieval village of Fingall was clustered around the church but was abandoned during a plague. [11]
The village had a railway station on the Wensleydale Railway, which opened in the 1850s and closed in 1954. [12] It was reopened on the heritage Wensleydale Railway in 2004. The village has an annual Spring Bank Holiday Barrel Push, which sees competitors push an 18-imperial-gallon (82 L; 22 US gal) metal beer barrel over a distance of 3,300 feet (1,000 m). [13]
The village public house is the Queen's Head. [14] A local legend maintains that the willows that line the beck to the north of the village, of which there is a good view from the dining room and terrace of the pub, inspired Kenneth Grahame to write The Wind in the Willows. [15] The village to the east is Newton-le-Willows. [16]