Sharow

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

{{distinguish|Sharrow}}

{{use British English|date=June 2017}}

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

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|54.142100|-1.499600|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Sharow

| static_image = Sharow Hall.jpg

| static_image_caption = The 18th century Sharow Hall

| population = 556

| population_ref = (2011 Census){{NOMIS2011|id=E04007414|title=Sharow Parish|accessdate=3 February 2020}}

| civil_parish = Sharow

| 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 = SE327719

}}

Sharow is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is about {{Convert|1|mi|km}} north-east of Ripon.{{cite map|title =Northallerton & Ripon|map =99|date =2016|scale =1:50,000 |series =Landranger |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn = 978-0-3192619-7-2}} The name Sharow derives from the Old English of 'Scearu' and 'Hōh' which translates as boundary hill-spur or a share/division of a sharply projecting piece of land.{{cite book|last1=Ekwall|first1=Eilert|title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names|date=1960|publisher=Clarendon Press|location=Oxford|isbn=0-19-869103-3|page=414|edition=4}} In the 2001 Census, the village was registered as having a population of 546,{{NOMIS2001|id=36UD114|title=Sharow Parish|accessdate=3 February 2020}} which had risen slightly to 556 at the 2011 Census. In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to have dropped to 540.{{cite web |title=2015 Population Estimates Parishes |url=https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf |website=northyorks.gov.uk |accessdate=3 February 2020 |page=13|date=December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf|archive-date=4 June 2022|url-status=dead}}

Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.{{Cite web |title=History of Sharow, in Harrogate and West Riding |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14204 |access-date=19 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 village has a Church of England primary school{{cite web|title=Contact Sharow Church of England School|url=http://www.sharow.n-yorks.sch.uk/contact|website=www.sharow.n-yorks.sch.uk|accessdate=20 June 2017|language=en}} which was rated as 'Good' by Ofsted in 2016 after previously being listed as 'Requires Improvement' in 2014.{{cite web|title=Sharow Church of England Primary School|url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/121588|website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk|accessdate=20 June 2017|language=en|date=5 November 2010}} The church in the village is St John's which gained Eco-Status in 2017, the fifth one in the Diocese of Leeds to be awarded such status.{{cite web|title=St John's gains Eco Church Status|url=http://stjohnssharow.org.uk/events/st-johns-gains-eco-church-status/|website=stjohnssharow.org.uk|date=13 June 2017 |accessdate=20 June 2017}} The church's {{convert|2|acre|adj=on}} churchyard has been managed effectively since 1992 and now is home to a selection of rare plant life, animals and insects.{{cite news|last1=Copeland|first1=Alexa|title=Church bids for Eco award|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15319591.Church_bids_for_Eco_award/|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=The Northern Echo|date=31 May 2017|language=en}} The church hit the headlines in June 2011 when a group of bellringers from Oxfordshire were locked in the church's tower by an irate local due to the noise they were creating. The group were released when a passer-by was alerted to their predicament.{{cite news|title=Bellringers locked in Sharow church tower over noise|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-13632188|accessdate=20 June 2017|work=BBC News|date=2 June 2011}}

The village has a pub (The Half Moon - now closed),{{cite web|title=Half Moon Sharow|url=http://www.halfmoonsharow.com/|website=halfmoonsharow.com|accessdate=20 June 2017}} Sharow Hall{{National Heritage List for England|num=1149793|desc=Sharow Hall|grade=II|accessdate=20 June 2017}} (which is not open to the public){{cite web|title=Sharow Hall|url=http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/2952|website=www.parksandgardens.org|accessdate=20 June 2017|language=en}} and the remains of a sanctuary cross which signified that the traveller was within {{convert|1|mi|adj=off}} of the monastery in Ripon and therefore granted sanctuary. The cross is now a grade II* listed structure,{{National Heritage List for England|num=1149835|desc=Sharow Cross|grade=II*|accessdate=20 June 2017}} and is one of the trail heads for the Sanctuary Way Walk.{{cite book|last1=Paine|first1=Crispin|title=Sacred places|date=2004|publisher=National Trust|location=London|isbn=9781905400157|page=92|edition=1}} During the 19th century, the Archbishop of York was the lord of the manor.{{cite web|title=GENUKI: Ripon, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1868.|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Ripon/Ripon68.html|website=www.genuki.org.uk|accessdate=20 June 2017}}

Sharow currently has three Saturday cricket teams that play in the Nidderdale Amateur Cricket League. The teams play in the 2nd, 6th and 9th divisions, there are also two Wednesday evening teams who play in the Nidderdale Amateur Evening League and the Harrogate and District Evening League Division 7.{{cite web|title=Sharow History Sharow CC|url=http://www.sharowcc.co.uk/?page_id=2415|website=www.sharowcc.co.uk|accessdate=20 June 2017}}