High and Low Bishopside is a

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in the

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district, in the county of

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, England. It includes the town of

Pateley Bridge Pateley Bridge (known locally as Pateley) is a small market town in Nidderdale in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies on the River Nidd. It is in the Yorkshire Dales and ...

and the villages of Glasshouses and

Wilsill Wilsill is a village in Nidderdale in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is about east of Pateley Bridge on the B6165 road between Pateley Bridge and Ripley. In 2016, Harrogate Borough Council estimated the population as be ...

, the southern part of

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and the hamlets of Blazefield, and Fellbeck. The parish touches

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, Dacre,

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, Laverton, Sawley,

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and Warsill. In 2011 the parish had a population of 2,210. There are 39 listed buildings in High and Low Bishopside. The parish's council is called "Pateley Bridge Town Council". The parish is bounded on the west by the

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, and includes a large area of moorland to the east of the town. The parish therefore does not include the part of the Pateley Bridge built-up area west of the Nidd in the parish of

, where Pateley Bridge post office, the Nidderdale showground,

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and the district of Bridgehouse Gate are located.

History

The name "Bishopside" means 'Bishop's hill-side'. The name is first recorded in 1459, and derives from its status in the manor or

liberty of Ripon The Liberty of Ripon or Riponshire was a liberty possessing separate county jurisdiction, although situated within the county of Yorkshire, England. The liberty was under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York, a privilege claimed to have ...

held by the

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. The link with the archbishop dates back before the Norman Conquest, and in the 12th century Wilsill was the principal settlement of what became Bishopside. High and Low Bishopside was a

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in the parish of

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, but in 1866 High and Low Bishopside became a civil parish in its own right. On 1 April 1937 351 acres was transferred from Sawley to High and Low Bishopside.

Governance

The parish is represented by the Pateley Bridge Town Council, comprising eleven councillors elected for a four-year term. The council was formed in 1894 as the High and Low Bishopside Parish Council, and in 1986 elected to change its name. A town

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is elected annually by the councillors. The parish was historically part of the

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, but in 1974 was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire. Until April 2023 the parish is part of the Borough of Harrogate and falls within the Harrogate Borough Council

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of Pateley Bridge and Nidderdale Moors.

References

External links

{{Commons category, High and Low Bishopside
Town council
Civil parishes in North Yorkshire Nidderdale