Risplith
| Risplith | |
|---|---|
 Street traversing the village | |
.svg.png)  Risplith Location within North Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SE247688 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Ripon |
| Postcode district | HG4 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
Risplith is a village in the civil parish of Sawley, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Ripon on the B6265 road to Pateley Bridge.[1] The name is believed to derive from Old Norse of slope overgrown with brushwood.[2]
The hamlet was previously in the Wapentake of Claro.[3][4] Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.[5] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
An ice-cream manufacturer works in the village with a shop and restaurant where passers-by can stop and watch ice-cream being made. In 2018, it was named as one of Britain's best ice-cream parlours by The Daily Telegraph.[6]
Transport to Ripon and Harrogate is provided by the three times daily bus service (each way).[7]
References
- ^ "298" (Map). Nidderdale. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319245507.
- ^ Smith, A H (1961). The place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire / Dl. 5, Upper and Lower Claro wapentakes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 188. OCLC 769324954.
- ^ "RISPLITH | As described in John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire at the Internet Archive
- ^ "History of Sawley, in Harrogate and West Riding". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ "Britain's best ice cream parlours". The Daily Telegraph. 20 July 2018. ProQuest 2072562641.
- ^ "825 - Ripon - Harrogate Bus Station – Dales and District – Bus Times". bustimes.org. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
External links
Media related to Risplith at Wikimedia Commons