Whitwell-on-the-Hill is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the

Ryedale Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Vale of Pickering, a low-lying flat area of land drained by the River Derwent. The Vale's landscape is rural with scattered villages and towns. It has been inha ...

district, in the county of

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...

, England. The civil parish population (including Crambe and Foston) at the 2011 Census was 311. It is near the

A64 road The A64 is a major road in North and West Yorkshire, England, which links Leeds, York and Scarborough. The A64 starts as the A64(M) ring road motorway in Leeds, then towards York it becomes a high-quality dual carriageway until it is east of Y ...

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/ref> The local parish church is dedicated to St John. Langdale's 1822 ''Topographical Dictionary'' reports "a well of remarkably clear water, from which the town derives its name". The 1828 ''The New Yorkshire Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary'' by Stephen Reynolds Clarke states that Whitwell is "6 miles S.W. from Malton asa singular well, the water of which is nearly the colour of milk, and from which the township derives its name."

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