# Oughtershaw

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**Oughtershaw** is a hamlet in the [Yorkshire Dales](/source/Yorkshire_Dales), [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire), England. It lies on a road it shares with other small villages; [Deepdale](/source/Deepdale,_North_Yorkshire), [Yockenthwaite](/source/Yockenthwaite) and [Hubberholme](/source/Hubberholme), which traverses the watershed between Upper [Wharfedale](/source/Wharfedale)\[Langstrothdale](/source/Langstrothdale) and Wensleydale over [Fleet Moss](/source/Fleet_Moss) into [Gayle](/source/Gayle,_North_Yorkshire).[1] The hamlet lies at 1,180 feet (360 m) above sea level.[2] The name is first recorded in 1241 as *Huctredsdale*, and stems from *Uhtred's* copse, a personal name.[3] It has had many spellings down the years, being known variously as Ughtershaw, Ughtirshey, Owghtershawe, and Outershaw in the 19th century.[4][5]

Contrary to popular belief the river running past Oughtershaw is not the Wharfe; it is Oughtershaw Beck, which runs down to [Beckermonds](/source/Beckermonds) and then merges with Greenfield Beck to source the [River Wharfe](/source/River_Wharfe) at the Langstrothdale chase.[6]

Oughtershaw is one of the hamlets on the [Dales Way](/source/Dales_Way) a long-distance walk that starts in the West Yorkshire town of [Ilkley](/source/Ilkley) and travels 79 miles (127 km) to [Windermere](/source/Windermere,_Cumbria_(town)), in [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria).[7]

Oughtershaw. A piece of bleakest Yorkshire, but smiling in the sunshine through its bare miles of tufted grass. The air had the sharp sweetness which is found only on the top-most [Pennines](/source/Pennines).[8] — [James Herriot](/source/James_Herriot)

## See also

- [Listed buildings in Buckden, North Yorkshire](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Buckden,_North_Yorkshire)

## References

1. Donkin, Kevin (2015). ["Walk 31 Cam Fell"](https://egwt.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/uploads/walk_31.pdf). *egwt.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com*. p. 1. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

1. Speight, Harry (1897). *Romantic Richmondshire: Being a complete account of the history, antiquities and scenery of the picturesque valleys of the Swale and Yore*. London: E Stock. p. 21. [OCLC 252008733](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/252008733)

1. Chrystal, Paul (2017). *The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales*. 1 ed. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 63. ISBN 9781840337532.

1. ["Oughtershaw :: Survey of English Place-Names"](http://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/West+Riding+of+Yorkshire/Arncliffe/532881dbb47fc40c8100064e-Oughtershaw). *epns.nottingham.ac.uk*. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

1. Harker, Bailey J (1869). *Rambles in upper Wharfedale*. Skipton: Edmondson. p. 100. [OCLC 5023044](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5023044)

1. Brown, L. E.; Cooper, L.; Holden, J.; Ramchunder, S. J. (9 June 2010). ["A comparison of stream water temperature regimes from open and afforested moorland, Yorkshire Dales, northern England"](http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/77261/7/Brown%20stream%20temps%202010%20WR_with_coversheet.pdf). *Hydrological Processes*. **24** (22): 3,207. [doi:10.1002/hyp.7746](https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7746). [S2CID 140198989](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:140198989)

1. Reynolds, Fiona (12 September 2019). ["Walking the 79-mile Dales Way: 'The Wharfe is full and raging; we're getting worried messages as people hear about the mayhem'"](https://www.countrylife.co.uk/out-and-about/walking-79-mile-dales-way-wharfe-full-raging-getting-worried-messages-people-hear-mayhem-203522). *countrylife.co.uk*. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

1. *James Herriot's Yorkshire* (1979), James Herriot, St. Martin's

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