Place:West Witton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameWest Witton
Alt namesSwinithwaitesource: hamlet in parish
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates54.2914°N 1.0953°W
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
North Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoHang West Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandearly county division in which it was located
Leyburn Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district of which the parish was a part 1894-1974
Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Englanddistrict municipality in which it has been situated since 1974
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West Witton (#33 on map) is now a civil parish and a village in the Richmondshire District of North Yorkshire, England. Located in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales it lies on the A684 (the main road between Leyburn and Hawes). The civil parish also includes the hamlet of Swinithwaite. The population of the parish at the 2011 UK census was 347.

There is also a village of East Witton (#13) about five miles away in Coverdale.

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Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, West Witton was located in Leyburn Rural District. Historically, it was an ancient or ecclesiastical parish in the Hang West Wapentake.

The parish church of St Bartholomew dates back to 1281 but was largely rebuilt in the 19th century. It was under the governance of Jervaulx Abbey until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539, when the patronage of the parish passed to the Crown, before being sold to the Earl of Sunderland.

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