{{short description|Village in North Yorkshire, England}} {{use British English|date=May 2019}} {{use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image = Ramsgill, North Yorkshire.jpg | static_image_caption = The Yorke Arms, Ramsgill | coordinates = {{coord|54|08|05|N|1|49|12|W|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Ramsgill | population = | civil_parish = Stonebeck Down | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | constituency_westminster = Skipton and Ripon | post_town = HARROGATE | postcode_district = HG3 | postcode_area = HG | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SE118711 }}
'''Ramsgill''' is a small village in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England, about {{convert|2|mi|km|1}} south-east of Lofthouse, located near Gouthwaite Reservoir. It is chiefly known for the Yorke Arms, formerly a Michelin-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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Behrens |first1=David |title=Shooting on menu |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=4 May 2019 |location=Country Life |page=17|issn=0963-1496}}</ref><ref name=Topo>{{cite book|title=A Topographical Dictionary of England |section=Stokeham - Stoney-Middleton|editor= Samuel Lewis |location=London |year=1848 |pages= 224–229|via=British History Online |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp224-229 |accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref> The Yorke Arms is now an event venue.<ref>[https://www.theyorkearms.co.uk/ Welcome to the Yorke Arms], accessed 25 March 2022</ref>
St Mary's Church, Ramsgill 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.<ref name=Topo/><ref>{{NHLE|num=1174098 |desc= REMAINS OF ST MARY'S CHAPEL IN CHURCHYARD OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thechurchinthedale.com/our-churches/the-united-parish-of-upper-nidderdale/the-churches-of-upper-nidderdale/st-mary-the-virgin-ramsgill.php|title=St Mary the Virgin, Ramsgill|publisher=The Church in the Dale|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref>
Ramsgill had a railway station on the Nidd Valley Light Railway, located in the hamlet of Bouthwaite.<ref>{{cite book|author=Gordon Suggitt|title=Lost Railways of North & East Yorkshire|isbn=9781853069185|publisher=Countryside Books|location=Newbury, Berkshire|year=2010|orig-date=2005}}</ref> It opened in 1907 and closed in 1930.<ref name="Butt">{{Butt-Stations| page=194}}</ref>
The murderer Eugene Aram was born in Ramsgill.<ref name=Topo/>
==See also== *Listed buildings in Stonebeck Down
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== External links == {{Commons category-inline|Ramsgill}} *{{cite web|title=History of Ramsgill, in Harrogate and West Riding {{!}} Map and description|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21286|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk}}
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