Place:Whitwell, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Whitwell is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north west of the county town of Northallerton At the 2011 UK census the population was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Great Langton.

The manor was part of the fee of the Constables whose manor was at Constable Burton and followed that descent. Around 1240 a mesne lordship was granted to Jollan de Nevill. Other landowners included the Staveley family who claimed land in 1272, though the major landowner were the Whitwell family. At the end of the 17th century, the manor was in the hands of John Belasyse of Worlaby, whose heirs owned a quarter share of the manor thereafter.[3][4]

Whitwell consists of little more than a few houses and a farm. The nearest notable settlements are Scorton and North Cowton.