Dishforth

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

{{Use British English|date=September 2016}}

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

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|54|09|10|N|1|25|03|W|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Dishforth

| static_image = Main Street, Dishforth.jpg

| static_image_caption = The main street in Dishforth

| population = 905

| population_ref = (2011 Census){{NOMIS2011|id=E04007332|title=Dishforth Parish|accessdate=5 February 2020}}

| civil_parish = Dishforth

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Skipton and Ripon

| post_town = THIRSK

| postcode_district = YO7

| postcode_area = YO

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SE382732

}}

Dishforth {{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɪ|ʃ|f|ə|θ}}{{cite web|url=http://phonetic-blog.blogspot.com/2010/01/bessacarr.html|title=Bessacarr|last=Wells|first=John|authorlink=John C. Wells|date=29 January 2010|work=John Wells's phonetic blog|accessdate=5 March 2010|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123055918/http://phonetic-blog.blogspot.com/2010/01/bessacarr.html|url-status=live}} is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Dishforth translates from Old English as dic-ford; a ford by a dike or ditch.{{cite book|last1=Ekwall|first1=Eilert|title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names|date=1960|publisher=Clarendon Press|location=Oxford|oclc=400936|page=145}} The population of the parish taken at the 2001 census as 719{{cite web|title=Area: Dishforth (Parish)|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11122725&c=YO7+3DW&d=16&e=13&g=6454764&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1493799740689&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|publisher=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=3 May 2017|date=14 April 2008}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and had risen to 905 by the time of the 2011 census.

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

File:Dishforth Drinkers Dilemma - geograph.org.uk - 328426.jpg

It is just north of Dishforth Airfield, which up until April 2016 was an Army Air Corps helicopter station.{{cite news|title=Farewell flypast for regiment departing from Dishforth|url=http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2016-04-23/farewell-flypast-for-regiment-departing-from-dishforth/|accessdate=30 September 2016|work=ITV News|date=23 April 2016|archive-date=2 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002131313/http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2016-04-23/farewell-flypast-for-regiment-departing-from-dishforth/|url-status=live}} The village is close to the A1(M) and the A168.{{cite web|title=A1(M) Walshford to Dishforth|url=http://motorwayarchive.ihtservices.co.uk/en/motorways/motorway-listing/a1m/a1m-walshford-to-dishforth/|website=The Motorway Archive|accessdate=30 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001200507/http://motorwayarchive.ihtservices.co.uk/en/motorways/motorway-listing/a1m/a1m-walshford-to-dishforth/|archive-date=1 October 2016|url-status=dead}} The original route of the Great North Road runs through the village but RAF Dishforth was built over the old road which used to be the A1 and later the A167. The closest town is Boroughbridge {{convert|3|mi}} to the south.{{cite web|title=Location Overview - Dishforth|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/LO-Dishforth.pdf|website=army.mod.uk|publisher=Ministry of Defence|accessdate=30 September 2016|format=PDF|archive-date=2 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002055453/http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/LO-Dishforth.pdf|url-status=live}}

The village has two pubs adjacent to one another; the Black Swan and the Crown Inn. The village has a small Methodist church, Dishforth Village Hall (which used to be the village church){{cite web|title=Dishforth Village Hall|url=http://www.dishforthvillagehall.co.uk/|website=Dishforth Village Hall|accessdate=30 September 2016|archive-date=4 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161004012158/http://www.dishforthvillagehall.co.uk/|url-status=live}} and a primary school.{{cite web|title=Dishforth CE Primary School - Home|url=http://www.dishforth.n-yorks.sch.uk/|website=www.dishforth.n-yorks.sch.uk|accessdate=3 May 2017|archive-date=24 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524062804/http://dishforth.n-yorks.sch.uk/|url-status=live}}