{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image_name = Whashton - geograph.org.uk - 1626128.jpg | static_image_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|54.45114|-1.7694|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Whashton | population = 215 | population_ref = (Including Aske.2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130512&c=DL10+5EX&d=16&e=62&g=6483710&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1439030369752&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate=8 August 2015}}</ref> | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = | post_town = Richmond | postcode_district = DL11 | postcode_area = DL | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = NZ150062 }} '''Whashton''' is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It lies {{convert|4|mi|0}} north of Richmond and {{convert|1.5|mi}} south of the A66.<ref>{{cite map|title = Darlington & Richmond |map =304 |year =2015 |scale =1;25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn =9780319245569 }}</ref>
From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
==History== The name is of an uncertain origin and could either be taken from a personal name ''(Hwaessa)'' or the ''farm/settlement at the sharp, pointed place (Hwaessing)''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |oclc=1228215388 |page=511 |edition=4}}</ref> The village (with an older spelling) is sometimes cited as the origin of the family name of George Washington, the first US President.<ref>{{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|date=1897|publisher=Elliott Stock|location=London|page=181|oclc=504121899}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stavacademy.co.uk/mimir/moere.htm |title=THE ROYAL LINE OF PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE WASHINGTON FAMILY |publisher=Stavacademy.co.uk |date= |accessdate=30 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Pape|first=T.|title=Warton and George Washington's ancestors|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924104091586|date=1913|publisher=Visitor Printing Works|location=Morecambe|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924104091586/page/n29 26]|oclc=10691053}}</ref> However, this origin is also claimed by the town of Washington near Newcastle upon Tyne, some {{convert|55|km|0|order=flip}} north of Whashton.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Nowlan|first1=Robert A.|title=The American presidents, Washington to Tyler : what they did, what they said, what was said about them, with full source notes|date=2012|publisher=McFarland & Co.|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6336-7|page=25|chapter=One; geireg Washington: The Man Who Would Not Be King}}</ref>
The Hack & Spade public house was established by 1880.<ref>{{cite news |title=North Riding Police-Court |work=Darlington & Stockton Times, Ripon & Richmond Chronicle |date=12 June 1880}}</ref>
== Farming == The village is surrounded by farmland and has two main farms the Hagg which is down a track away from the main village. The farm caters for pig farming with a residential property on site (part of the Hartforth estate) and another Whashton Farm set in the main village catering for cows.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Brown|first1=Karen|title=Karen Brown's England, Wales & Scotland. Charming hotels & itineraries|journal=Karen Brown's Country Inn Series|date=2007|page=243|publisher=Karen Brown's Guides|location=San Mateo|issn=1535-7333}}</ref>
== Village == The village once had a pub 'The Hack and Spade',<ref>{{cite news|last1=Warne|first1=Malcolm|title=Hack & Spade, Whashton, near Richmond|url=http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/2445645.Hack___Spade__Whashton__near_Richmond/|accessdate=30 October 2017|work=Darlington and Stockton Times|date=12 September 2008}}</ref> however that is now closed and the only village amenity is post box. There is also a classic red telephone box that has been converted to house a defibrillator.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.richmondshiretoday.co.uk/life-saving-defibrillators-installed-31-richmondshire-parishes/|title=Life-saving defibrillators installed in 31 Richmondshire parishes|first=Joe|last=Willis|date=7 August 2017|accessdate=26 January 2024}}</ref> ==See also== *Listed buildings in Whashton
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==External links== *[http://www.whashton.net/ Whashton families recorded in the 1861 and 1891] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724130717/http://www.whashton.net/ |date=24 July 2011 }}
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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire
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