# Finghall > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Finghall > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Finghall.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finghall > Source revision: 1286676020 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=May 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image = Finghall church.jpg | static_image_width = 240px | static_image_caption = [St Andrews Church](/source/Church_of_St_Andrew%2C_Finghall), Finghall | coordinates = {{coord|54.30148|-1.72205|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Finghall | population = 140 | population_ref = | unitary_england = [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire_(district)) | lieutenancy_england = [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire) | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = [Richmond and Northallerton](/source/Richmond_and_Northallerton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | post_town = [Leyburn](/source/Leyburn) | postcode_district = DL8 | postcode_area = DL | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SE181895 }} '''Finghall''', historically spelt '''Fingall''',{{cite book|title= Parishes: Fingall, in A History of the County of York North Riding |volume=1|editor-first= William |editor-last=Page |location=London |publisher=[Victoria County History](/source/Victoria_County_History) |date=1914 |pages= 232–236|url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol1/pp232-236 | access-date= 17 June 2024 |via=British History Online}} is a village and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) in [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire), England.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 99 ''Northallerton & Ripon (Pateley Bridge & Leyburn)''|ISBN= 9780319231593 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2013}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html |title=Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer |format=csv (download) |date= 1 January 2016 |publisher=Ordnance Survey |website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |accessdate=18 February 2016}} It is in lower [Wensleydale](/source/Wensleydale) south of the [A684](/source/A684_road) road, about {{convert|10|km|order=flip}} west of [Bedale](/source/Bedale) and about {{convert|8|km|order=flip|0}} east of [Leyburn](/source/Leyburn).{{cite web |title=FINGHALL Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan |url=https://www.richmondshire.gov.uk/media/9751/finghall-caa-web.pdf |website=richmondshire.gov.uk |accessdate=26 May 2019 |page=1 |archive-date=26 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526205641/https://www.richmondshire.gov.uk/media/9751/finghall-caa-web.pdf |url-status=dead }} The population of the parish was estimated at 140 in 2016.{{cite web|publisher=North Yorkshire County Council|title=Population Estimates|year=2016|url=https://hub.datanorthyorkshire.org/dataset/population-estimates/resource/62a70111-c1b9-43b4-a64d-e8c339694aa2?inner_span=True|accessdate=28 April 2020}} In the [2011 census](/source/2011_United_Kingdom_census) the population was not counted separately but included the civil parish of [Akebar](/source/Akebar) ==History== The village is mentioned in [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) as ''Fingall'', when it belonged to [Count Alan](/source/Alan_Rufus) and had 13 villagers.{{cite web |title=Fingall {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE1889/fingall/ |website=opendomesday.org |accessdate=26 May 2019}} The origin of the place-name is the [Old English](/source/Old_English) words ''Fin'', ''inga'' and ''hall'' meaning a nook of land of the family or followers of a man called Fina. The place-name appears as ''Finegala'' in [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) of 1086 and as ''Finyngale'' in 1157.{{cite book|title=A Dictionary of British Place Names|first= A. D.|last= Mills|publisher=Oxford University Press| location=Oxford| orig-year= first published 1991|date=2011|edition=First edition revised 2011|isbn=9780199609086|page=189}} thumb|left|Looking towards Finghall from the south-east Finghall was a large [ancient parish](/source/ancient_parish) in the [wapentake](/source/wapentake) of [Hang West](/source/Hang_West) in the [North Riding of Yorkshire](/source/North_Riding_of_Yorkshire). The parish included the [townships](/source/Township_(England)) of Finghall, [Constable Burton](/source/Constable_Burton), [Akebar](/source/Akebar) and [Hutton Hang](/source/Hutton_Hang), all of which became separate civil parishes in 1866. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of [Richmondshire](/source/Richmondshire), it is now administered by the unitary [North Yorkshire Council](/source/North_Yorkshire_Council). In the 1820s Finghall had a population of 126, which had dropped to 111 by 1872 and 99 by 1897.{{cite web |title=History of Finghall, in Richmondshire and North Riding {{!}} Map and description |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12580 |website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk |accessdate=26 May 2019}}{{cite book |last1=Speight |first1=Harry |title=Romantic Richmondshire : Being a complete account of the history, antiquities and scenery of the picturesque valleys of the Swale and Yore |url=https://archive.org/details/romanticrichmon00speigoog |date=1897 |publisher=E Stock |location=London |page=[https://archive.org/details/romanticrichmon00speigoog/page/n32 20]|oclc= 252008733}} The 12th-century [church](/source/Church_of_St_Andrew%2C_Finghall) is dedicated to [St Andrew](/source/St_Andrew){{cite web |title=Genuki: Finghall, Yorkshire (North Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Finghall |website=www.genuki.org.uk |accessdate=26 May 2019}} and is adjacent to the beck and quite near the A684 road. It is thought that the Medieval village of Fingall was clustered around the church but was abandoned during a plague.{{cite news |title=Nowt tekken out |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7131894.nowt-tekken-out/ |accessdate=26 May 2019 |work=The Northern Echo |date=26 August 2000}} The village had a [railway station](/source/Finghall_railway_station) on the Wensleydale Railway, which opened in the 1850s and closed in 1954.{{cite book |last1=Hoole |first1=Ken |title=Railway stations of the North East |date=1985 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-7153-8527-5 |page=164}} It was reopened on the heritage [Wensleydale Railway](/source/Wensleydale_Railway) in 2004. The village has an annual Spring Bank Holiday Barrel Push, which sees competitors push an {{convert|18|impgal|adj=on}} metal beer barrel over a distance of {{convert|1,000|m|order=flip}}.{{cite news |editor-last=Chapman|editor-first=Hannah|title=Little Alf star guest at barrel push |work=Darlington & Stockton Times |issue=20–2019 |date=17 May 2019 |page=5|issn=2516-5348}} ==Culture and community== The village [public house](/source/public_house) is the Queen's Head.{{cite web |title=The Queen's Head, Finghall {{!}} Home page |url=https://www.queensfinghall.co.uk/ |website=queensfinghall.co.uk |accessdate=26 May 2019}} A local legend maintains that the willows that line the beck to the north of the village, of which there is a good view from the dining room and terrace of the pub, inspired [Kenneth Grahame](/source/Kenneth_Grahame) to write ''[The Wind in the Willows](/source/The_Wind_in_the_Willows)''.{{cite news |title=Review: The Queen's Head, Finghall, Leyburn |url=https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/13784791.review-the-queens-head-finghall-leyburn/ |accessdate=26 May 2019 |work=Darlington and Stockton Times |date=25 September 2015}} The village to the east is [Newton-le-Willows](/source/Newton-le-Willows%2C_North_Yorkshire).{{cite book |last1=Speight |first1=Harry |title=Romantic Richmondshire : Being a complete account of the history, antiquities and scenery of the picturesque valleys of the Swale and Yore |url=https://archive.org/details/romanticrichmon00speigoog |date=1897 |publisher=E Stock |location=London |page=[https://archive.org/details/romanticrichmon00speigoog/page/n393 341]|oclc= 252008733}} ==Famous residents== * [Edward Banks](/source/Edward_Banks_(builder)) (4 January 1770 – 5 July 1835), noted builder ([Waterloo Bridge](/source/Waterloo_Bridge) and [London Bridge](/source/London_Bridge)){{cite news |last1=Gleeson |first1=Janet |title=History Day to gather information |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/northyorkshire/17341663.appeal-for-history-of-finghall/ |accessdate=26 May 2019 |work=The Northern Echo |date=8 January 2019}} * [Russ Swift](/source/Russ_Swift) (born 1951), British precision driver. ==See also== *[Listed buildings in Finghall](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Finghall) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Finghall}} * [https://www.constable-burton-finghallpc.org.uk/ Constable Burton & Finghall Parish Council Website] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHtoi4J1lSo Video footage of Finghall Lane railway station] {{authority control}} Category:Villages in North Yorkshire Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Finghall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finghall) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finghall?action=history)). 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