Finghall
| Finghall | |
|---|---|
 St Andrews Church, Finghall | |
  Finghall Finghall shown within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 166 (Including Akebar. 2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SE181895 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bedale |
| Postcode district | DL8 1L |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | |
Finghall is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England.[2][3] In 2001 Finghall had a population of 126, and this had increased to 166 at the 2011 census. It is located south of the A684, about 7 miles west of Bedale and about 4 miles east of Leyburn. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew.
The origin of the place-name is from the Old English words Fin, inga and halt meaning a nook of land of the family or followers of a man called Fina. The place-name appears as Finegala in the Domesday Book of 1086 and as Finyngale in 1157.[4]
The village public house is the Queen's Head. 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, are said to have inspired Kenneth Grahame to write 'The Wind in the Willows'. (The village to the east is called Newton le Willows.)
Famous residents
- Russ Swift, (born 1951), British precision driver.
See also
References
- ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 99 Northallerton & Ripon (Pateley Bridge & Leyburn) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319231593.
- ↑ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ↑ Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 189. ISBN 9780199609086.
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