Walshford

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title: "Walshford" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hamlets-in-north-yorkshire"] description: "Hamlet in North Yorkshire, England" topic_path: "general/hamlets-in-north-yorkshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walshford" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Hamlet in North Yorkshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
official_name	Walshford
type	Hamlet
country	England
region	Yorkshire and the Humber
static_image_name	Walshford (1) (geograph 5120350).jpg
static_image_caption	Road in Walshford
os_grid_reference	SE415533
coordinates
constituency_westminster	Wetherby and Easingwold
civil_parish	Great Ribston with Walshford
unitary_england	North Yorkshire
lieutenancy_england	North Yorkshire
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| official_name = Walshford | local_name = | type = Hamlet | country = England | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | static_image_name = Walshford (1) (geograph 5120350).jpg | static_image_alt = | static_image_caption = Road in Walshford | os_grid_reference = SE415533 | map_type = | map_alt = | coordinates = | label_position = | post_town = | postcode_area = | postcode_district = | dial_code = | constituency_westminster = Wetherby and Easingwold | civil_parish = Great Ribston with Walshford | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire Walshford is a hamlet in the civil parish of Great Ribston with Walshford, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is 3 mi north of Wetherby, 5 mi north-east of Knaresborough, and 9 mi south of Boroughbridge.

History

Walshford is on the A168 road (originally the A1 road, which now by-passes Walshford) and on the River Nidd. Historically, the hamlet was in the parish of Hunsingore, in the wapentake of Claro. However, it is now in the civil parish of Great Ribston with Walshford, which had an estimated population of 70 in 2015.

Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The hamlet does not appear in the Domesday Book, the name first being recorded in 1214 as Walleford. The name means ford of the Welshmen, though the ford has long since disappeared. A bridge was first recorded at Walshford in the 13th century (around the same time as the name), and later a chapel built by the Knights Templar was erected (probably near to the bridge), but this was removed during the Dissolution, when the bridge was renovated.

There are only a few houses, but The Bridge Inn, a former was a coaching inn on the Great North Road still exists. The inn is a converted farmhouse on the A168 road, and is a grade II listed structure. One of the rooms is known as the "Byron Room", after the woodcarving and plaster were removed to the Bridge Inn from Halnaby Hall in the 1950s. Halnaby Hall was where Byron spent his honeymoon, or as he described it, his "treaclemoon". The nearest railway station was Allerton/Hopperton (on what is now the Harrogate line), however since this closed in 1962, the nearest open station is on the same line.

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References

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3. "Claro Wapentake :: Survey of English Place-Names".
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6. (2017). "The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales". Stenlake.
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10. (1896). "The Yorkshire anglers' guide to the whole of the fishing on the Yorkshire rivers". Bradley.
11. "Disused Stations: Hopperton Station".
12. "Walshford postcode - Postcode by address".

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