Ramsgill

Ramsgill

Ramsgill

Village in North Yorkshire, England

Ramsgill is a small village in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England, about 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of Lofthouse, located near Gouthwaite Reservoir. It is chiefly known for the Yorke Arms, formerly a Michelin-starred restaurant on the village green which takes its name from the lords of the manor, the Yorke family, who once lived in nearby Gouthwaite Hall.[1][2] The Yorke Arms is now an event venue.[3]

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The Church of St Mary the Virgin was built in 1842, near to the remains of a Grade II listed medieval chapel which was originally part of a large grange built by the monks of Byland Abbey.[2][4][5]

Ramsgill had a railway station on the Nidd Valley Light Railway, located in the hamlet of Bouthwaite.[6] It opened in 1907 and closed in 1930.[7]

The murderer Eugene Aram was born in Ramsgill.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Behrens, David (4 May 2019). "Shooting on menu". The Yorkshire Post. Country Life. p. 17. ISSN 0963-1496.
  2. [2]
    Samuel Lewis, ed. (1848). "Stokeham - Stoney-Middleton". A Topographical Dictionary of England. London. pp. 224–229. Retrieved 1 January 2018 – via British History Online.
  3. [3]
    Welcome to the Yorke Arms, accessed 25 March 2022
  4. [4]
    Historic England. "REMAINS OF ST MARY'S CHAPEL IN CHURCHYARD OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN (1174098)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. [5]
    "St Mary the Virgin, Ramsgill". The Church in the Dale. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. [6]
    Gordon Suggitt (2010) [2005]. Lost Railways of North & East Yorkshire. Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books. ISBN 9781853069185.
  7. [7]
    Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

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