Ramsgill is a small village in
Nidderdale
Nidderdale, historically also known as Netherdale, is one of the Yorkshire Dales (although outside the Yorkshire Dales National Park) in North Yorkshire, England. It is the upper valley of the River Nidd, which flows east from its source, the ...
,
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in Northern England.The Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas of City of York, York and North Yorkshire (district), North Yorkshire are in Yorkshire and t ...
, England, about south-east of
Lofthouse, located near
Gouthwaite Reservoir
Gouthwaite Reservoir is in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England. It is one of many reservoirs in the area, others include Roundhill Reservoir and Angram Reservoir.
Gouthwaite is a compensation reservoir for the River Nidd, i.e. it maintains t ...
. It is chiefly known for the
Yorke Arms, formerly a
Michelin
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-starred restaurant on the village green which takes its name from the lords of the manor, the Yorke family, who once lived in nearby Gouthwaite Hall.
The Yorke Arms is now an event venue.
The Church of St Mary the Virgin was built in 1842, near to the remains of a Grade II
listed medieval chapel which was originally part of a large grange built by the monks of
Byland Abbey
Byland Abbey is a ruined abbey and a small village in Byland with Wass civil parish, in the county of North Yorkshire, England, in the North York Moors National Park.
From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale, it is now administe ...
.
[
Ramsgill had a ]railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
on the Nidd Valley Light Railway
Nidd Valley Light Railway was a light railway in upper Nidderdale in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was owned by Bradford Corporation Waterworks Department and the corporation also operated its public passenger services. Power & Tract ...
, located in the hamlet of Bouthwaite.Eugene Aram
Eugene Aram (170416 August 1759) was an English philologist, but also infamous as the murderer celebrated by Thomas Hood in his ballad ''The Dream of Eugene Aram'', and by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in his 1832 novel ''Eugene Aram (novel), Eugene Ara ...
was born in Ramsgill.[
]
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Villages in North Yorkshire
Nidderdale
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