Copt Hewick

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image_name = Clock at Copt Hewick School.jpg

| static_image_caption = The clock tower of Copt Hewick Village Hall

| coordinates = {{coord|54|08|10|N|1|28|56|W|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Copt Hewick

| population = 253

| population_ref = (Including Bridge Hewick and Givendale, 2011 census){{NOMIS2011|id= E04007328 |title=Copt Hewick Parish|accessdate=1 April 2019}}

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster =

| post_town = RIPON

| postcode_district = HG4

| postcode_area = HG

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SE 33755 70974

}}

Copt Hewick is a village and civil parish in the county of 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}} The village lies about two miles east of Ripon. It had a population of 180 in 2004 according to the North Yorkshire County Council, increasing to 253 at the 2011 census.

Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.{{Cite web |title=History of Copt Hewick, in Harrogate and West Riding |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12900 |access-date=15 April 2025 |website=A Vision of Britain}} From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The name of the village derives from the Old English Coppede hēah wīc, which means High specialised farm. The Copt element refers to the hill that the village stands on.{{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=237 |edition=4}}

The village is home to Holy Innocents Church, Copt Hewick, which forms a group with a school and clock tower, all built in 1876.{{NHLE |desc=Church of the Holy Innocents |num=1190007 |access-date=20 June 2024}}