Bishop Wilton
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East Riding of Yorkshire
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, England
England
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. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Pocklington
Pocklington
Pocklington is a small market town and civil parish situated at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, approximately east of York....
and 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Stamford Bridge
Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire
Stamford Bridge is a village and civil parish on the River Derwent in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, approximately east of York.-Location and history:The village sits astride an ancient ford on the River Derwent....
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The civil parish is formed by the village of Bishop Wilton and the hamlet
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
s of Gowthorpe
Gowthorpe
Gowthorpe is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north west of Pocklington town centre and east of the village of Stamford Bridge.It forms part of the civil parish of Bishop Wilton....
and Youlthorpe
Youlthorpe
Youlthorpe is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Bishop Wilton. It is situated approximately east of York, north west of Pocklington and just south of the main A166 road from York to Bridlington....
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According to the 2001 UK census
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
, Bishop Wilton parish had a population of 500 in 199 households.
Just north of the village lies Bishop Wilton Wold
Bishop Wilton Wold
Bishop Wilton Wold is the highest point of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The summit, known as Garrowby Hill, lies about 5 miles north of Pocklington....
, more commonly referred to as Garrowby Hill. At 807 feet (246 m) above sea level, it is the highest point on the Yorkshire Wolds
Yorkshire Wolds
The Yorkshire Wolds are low hills in the counties of East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire in northeastern England. The name also applies to the district in which the hills lie....
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Bishop Wilton is considered by some to be one of the prettiest villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire. A shallow beck runs through the centre of the village, which children sometimes paddle in. It is flanked on both sides by open grass verges. This serves as a habitat for endangered wildlife including water voles, toads and newts.
The village has a local post office / shop, a small primary school, an art gallery / long established screen printing workshop and a pub called the Fleece Inn. It has a medieval Church of England
Church of England
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parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
, St Edith's, which is dedicated to St Edith of Wilton
Edith of Wilton
Saint Edith of Wilton was an English nun, a daughter of the 10th century King Edgar of England, born at Kemsing, Kent, in 961...
. The church was faithfully restored in 1858–59 with lavish internal embellishment to designs by J. L. Pearson. It is on the Sykes Churches Trail
Sykes Churches Trail
The Sykes Churches Trail is a tour of East Yorkshire churches which were built, rebuilt or restored by the Sykes family of Sledmere House in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England...
devised by the East Yorkshire Churches Group. Around the village there are numerous walks on the Wolds; offering views across the Vale of York. The village is very popular with walkers.