Grewelthorpe

{{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 = Grewelthorpe.jpg

| static_image_caption = Grewelthorpe

| coordinates = {{coord|54|10|53|N|1|38|55|W|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Grewelthorpe

| population = 498

| population_ref = (2011 census){{NOMIS2011|id=E04007354|title=Grewelthorpe Parish|accessdate=9 January 2020}}

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Skipton and Ripon

| post_town = RIPON

| postcode_district = HG4

| postcode_area = HG

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SE2283976470

}}

Grewelthorpe is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England situated {{convert|3|mi|0}} south of Masham and {{convert|10|km|order=flip}} north of Ripon.{{cite web |title=Genuki: In 1822, the following places were in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard:, Yorkshire (West Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/KirkbyMalzeard/more |website=www.genuki.org.uk |accessdate=9 January 2020 |language=en}}{{cite map|title =Nidderdale |map =298 |year =2015 |scale =1:25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn=9780319245507 }} It is located in the Nidderdale area of outstanding natural beauty.{{cite web|url=http://www.grewelthorpe.org.uk/|title=Grewelthorpe|work=grewelthorpe.org.uk|accessdate=28 October 2015}}

The name Grewelthorpe derives from the words Gruel and Thorpe, Gruel being a family name and thorpe meaning "outlying farmstead".{{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=205 |edition=4}}

Grewelthorpe was mentioned in the Domesday Book when it was known as Torp and was in the ownership of Gospatric.{{cite web |title=[Grewel]thorpe {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE2376/grewelthorpe/ |website=opendomesday.org |accessdate=9 January 2020}} Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.{{Cite web |title=History of Grewelthorpe, in Harrogate and West Riding |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12774 |access-date=18 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.

In 2009 Grewelthorpe has one active church, St James' Church, Grewelthorpe,{{cite web|url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/grewelthorpe-st-james/|title=Grewelthorpe: St James, Grewelthorpe|author=|work=A Church Near You|accessdate=28 October 2015}}{{NHLE|num=1315334|desc=Church of St James|access-date=21 July 2021}} and a pub, the Crown.{{NHLE|num=1150492|desc=The Crown Inn|access-date=21 July 2021|fewer-links=yes}} It also has a duck pond, which is a distinctive feature of the village,{{cite news |last1=Wilkinson |first1=George |title=Country walk near Grewelthorpe |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10218323.country-walk-near-grewelthorpe/ |accessdate=9 January 2020 |work=York Press |date=9 February 2013 |language=en}} it is populated by ducks which people come from surrounding villages to feed.

The local primary school is known as Grewelthorpe Church of England Primary school and takes children from two years old to eleven years old. The current school building was opened in June 2003 and is located at cross hills in Grewelthorpe.{{cite web |url=http://www.grewelthorpe.n-yorks.sch.uk/index.htm |title=Welcome to our School! |accessdate=2009-10-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009045517/http://www.grewelthorpe.n-yorks.sch.uk/index.htm |archivedate=9 October 2011 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web |title=Grewelthorpe Church of England Primary School URN: 121565 |url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/121565 |website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk |accessdate=9 January 2020 |date=16 October 2019}} However, Grewelthorpe has had a school since 1876.

Unlike many Yorkshire villages Grewelthorpe does not currently have a cricket club. It last had one in the 1950s, but it folded as a result of the failure to find a suitable playing field.{{cite web|url=http://www.grewelthorpe.org.uk/History/grewelthorpe-cricket-club|title=Grewelthorpe Cricket Club|work=grewelthorpe.org.uk|accessdate=28 October 2015}}