{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}} {{For|people with the surname Rathmell|Rathmell (surname)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use British English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|54|02|07|N|2|18|01|W|region:GB_type:city|display=title,inline}} | official_name = Rathmell | static_image = Rathmell Reading Room, Rathmell village - geograph.org.uk - 45204.jpg | static_image_caption = Rathmell Reading Room | population = | civil_parish = Rathmell | unitary_england = [[North Yorkshire (district)|North Yorkshire]] | lieutenancy_england = [[North Yorkshire]] | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = | post_town = Settle | postcode_district = BD24 | postcode_area = BD | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SD804598 }} '''Rathmell''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the county of [[North Yorkshire]], England. The population of the civil parish in the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] was 305.<ref name="2011 census">{{NOMIS2011|id=1170216777|title=Rathmell Parish |accessdate=11 April 2018}}</ref> It is close to the [[River Ribble]] and about three miles south of [[Settle, North Yorkshire|Settle]]. Other towns and villages nearby include [[Wigglesworth]], [[Tosside]], [[Giggleswick]] and [[Long Preston]].
Until 1974 it was part of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Rathmell, in Craven and West Riding |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14114 |access-date=15 April 2025 |website=A Vision of Britain}}</ref> From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the [[Craven District]], it is now administered by the unitary [[North Yorkshire Council]].
== Origins == [[File:Rathmell Yorks WR Signpost 2016.06.03.jpg|thumb|right|Signpost near the village showing directions to local communities and recording the pre-1974 location within Yorkshire West Riding]]
The name Rathmell comes from Old Norse {{transliteration|non|rauðr}} 'red' + {{transliteration|non|melr}} 'sandbank'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire%20WR/Rathmell|title=Rathmell Key to English Place-names|publisher=The University of Nottingham|accessdate=8 December 2021}}</ref> Indeed, the area has a long history of Norse settlement.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Muir |first1=Richard |title=The Yorkshire Countryside |date=1997 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |location=Edinburgh |isbn=1474471153 |page=115}}</ref> Rathmell was formerly a [[Township (England)|township]] in the parish of Gigggleswick,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14114|title=History of Rathmell, in Craven and West Riding|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=8 December 2020}}</ref> in 1866 Rathmell became a civil parish in its own right. On 1 April 1938 432 acres was transferred from [[Gisburn Forest]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10465357|title=Relationships and changes Rathmell CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=8 December 2021}}</ref>
== Dissenting academy ==
Rathmell is the birthplace of [[Richard Frankland (tutor)|Richard Frankland]] (1630–1698),<ref>Stuart Handley, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/100085 Richard Frankland (1630–1698)], ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'', [[Oxford University Press]], 2004.</ref> the [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|nonconformist]] divine. He was ordained by [[presbyter]]s under the [[Oliver Cromwell|Cromwellian]] regime, but was [[Great Ejection|ejected from his ministry]] at the [[English Restoration|Restoration]]. He retired home to Rathmell, where he founded a [[dissenting academies|dissenting academy]], which migrated to [[Manchester]] after his death. This academy was the germ of the institution now known as [[Harris Manchester College, Oxford]]. The location of the original Academy at Rathmell is marked by a [[memorial plaque]] on the end of a small terrace of cottages which still bears the name "College Fold".
== Notable people == *[[Martin Kaye]], resident of the village<ref>{{Who's Who | year= 2007| title = Kaye, Ven. Martin | id= 156266 | doi= 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U156266 }}</ref>
==See also== *[[Listed buildings in Rathmell]]
== References == {{reflist}}
== Bibliography == * Edward Allen Bell, ''The History of Giggleswick School 1499–1912'', Leeds: Richard Jackson, 1912. * Harold Blaxland Atkinson, ''The Giggleswick School Register 1499–1921'', Newcastle upon Tyne: [[Northumberland Press]], 1922.
==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Rathmell}}
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[[Category:Villages in North Yorkshire]] [[Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire]] [[Category:Craven, Yorkshire]] [[Category:Harris Manchester College, Oxford]]