{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Use British English|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|54|04|48|N|1|45|41|W|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Bewerley | static_image_name = | static_image_caption = | population = 717 | population_ref = (2011 Census)<ref name="NOMIS">{{NOMIS2011|id=E04007311|title=Bewerley Parish|accessdate=8 May 2021}}</ref> | civil_parish = Bewerley | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = | post_town = HARROGATE | postcode_district = HG3 | postcode_area = HG | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SE157648 }} '''Bewerley''' is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village is 0.5 mile south of Pateley Bridge in Nidderdale. The parish includes the part of the Pateley Bridge built-up area west of the River Nidd, where Pateley Bridge post office, the Nidderdale showground, Nidderdale High School and the district of Bridgehouse Gate are located. The parish also includes the village of Greenhow, {{Convert|3|mi|km|0}} west of Pateley Bridge. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 730,<ref>{{NOMIS2001|id=36UD008|title=Bewerley Parish|accessdate=8 May 2021}}</ref> decreasing at the 2011 Census to 717.<ref name="NOMIS"/>
From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
== History == Bewerley is mentioned in the Domesday Book (as ''Burelei''). Before the Norman Conquest it was part of the estates of Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria.{{sfn|Jennings|1992|page= 26}} After the conquest the estates passed to the Mowbray family and in 1175 Roger de Mowbray sold the Bewerley estate to Fountains Abbey, which established a grange at Bewerley.{{sfn|Jennings|1992|page=41}} After the Dissolution the ownership of Bewerley was fragmented. In 1674 the manor of Bewerley, together with some land, was acquired by the Yorke family, which held it until 1924.<ref>{{cite book|title=Yorke Country|first=Anne Ashley |last=Cooper|year=1988|page=112|publisher=A. Ashley Cooper |isbn=0-9511112-21}}</ref>
By the 19th century Bewerley was a township in the large parish of Ripon. It became a separate civil parish in 1866.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10398368 |title=Vision of Britain website|access-date=4 January 2013}}</ref> During the early 20th century, when Elizabeth Wilhelmina Jones was headmistress of Harrogate Ladies' College, she maintained a house and garden in Bewerley.<ref name="Davies 1959" >{{cite book |editor1-last=Davies |editor1-first=Louie |title=M.E.J. Monograph commemorating 37 years's headship of Harrogate College 1898-1935 |date=28 October 1959 |publisher=R. Ackrill Ltd |location=Harrogate, England}}</ref>{{rp|54}}
== Buildings == Bewerley Hall was built in the 16th or 17th century. In 1774 it was acquired by the Yorke family, who built a new hall in 1815. The new hall was demolished in 1925, but Bewerley Old Hall survives.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Bewerley Old Hall |num=1150590 |grade=II*|access-date=8 May 2021}}</ref>
Bewerley Park Centre for Outdoor Education is run by the North Yorkshire County Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outdoored.co.uk/bewerleypark/ |title=Bewerley Park Centre For Outdoor Education|publisher=North Yorkshire County Council|access-date=21 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060708012500/http://www.outdoored.co.uk/bewerleypark/ |archive-date=8 July 2006 }}</ref>
Bewerley Grange Chapel was built by Marmaduke Huby, abbot of Fountains Abbey from 1495 to 1526.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bewerley-pc.org.uk/churches/Bewerley%20Grange%20Chapel.html |title=Bewerley Parish Council website |access-date=21 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812095615/http://bewerley-pc.org.uk/churches/Bewerley%20Grange%20Chapel.html |archive-date=12 August 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> After the Dissolution the chapel was used as a dwelling house, and from 1678 to 1831 as a school. In 1965 it was restored and returned to use as a chapel.<ref>{{cite book|title=Bewerley Grange Chapel|first=Muriel|last=Swires|year=2008}}</ref>
==See also== *Listed buildings in Bewerley
thumb|left|Interior of Bewerley Grange Chapel {{clear left}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==Further reading== *{{cite book|editor-last=Jennings|editor-first=Bernard|title=A History of Nidderdale|year=1992|isbn=1-85072-114-9}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Bewerley}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080517003252/http://www.bewerley-pc.org.uk/ Bewerley Parish Council] * [http://www.thechurchinthedale.com/church/bewerley-grange-chapel/ Bewerley Grange Chapel Website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060708012500/http://www.outdoored.co.uk/BewerleyPark/ Bewerley Park Outdoor Pursuits Centre]
{{authority control}} Category:Bewerley Category:Villages in North Yorkshire Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire Category:Pateley Bridge