Timble
{{Short description|Village in North Yorkshire, England}}
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| official_name = Timble
| population = 142
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| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
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Timble is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the slopes of the Washburn valley, north of Otley and close to Swinsty and Fewston reservoirs.
In 1988, the diaries of local man John Dickinson were published,Timble Man - Diaries of a Dalesman, by John Dickinson, edited by Ronald Harker (published 1988) providing considerable insight into the history of the village and the surrounding area. In the 17th century, the village was home to The Witches of Timble, who were accused of witchcraft by local poet Edward Fairfax, and tried but acquitted twice at York.The Washburn by Tom Bradley (published 1895, reprinted 1988)
The village has one pub, the Timble Inn. It was closed in 2004 but was re-opened in September 2009 as a Free House following an extensive refurbishment.
The Yorkshire Water Way goes through Timble.{{cite web |title=Yorkshire Water Way - LDWA Long Distance Paths |url=https://www.ldwa.org.uk/ldp/members/show_path.php?path_name=Yorkshire+Water+Way |website=www.ldwa.org.uk |accessdate=22 August 2019}}
Etymology
The name Timble may be of Brittonic origin and derived from the elements din, "a hill fort", and mę:l, "bald, bare".{{cite web |last1=James |first1=Alan |title=Brittonic Language in the Old North: A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence |url=https://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary_2020_Edition.pdf}} It may otherwise have a connection with Old English tumbian, "to tumble", although verbs rarely form the basis of settlement names.
Parishes
The village of Timble is the principal settlement in the civil parish of Great Timble. East of the village is the separate civil parish of Little Timble, which includes Swinsty Hall, a Grade I listed building (presently the home of Gareth Southgate), and the western side of Swinsty Reservoir. Little Timble has only a small population, estimated at 10.{{cite web|publisher=North Yorkshire County Council|title=Population Estimates|year=2010|url=http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0|accessdate=15 March 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113133520/http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0|archivedate=13 January 2012}}
The two parishes have different histories. Great Timble was a township in the ancient parish of Fewston.[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Fewston/more.html GENUKI. Places in the parish of Fewston, 1822] Little Timble was a township in the large ancient parish of Otley.[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Otley/more.html GENUKI. Places in the parish of Otley, 1822] Both became separate civil parishes in 1866. Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.{{Cite web |title=History of Great Timble, in Harrogate and West Riding |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14384 |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.
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213635/http://www.harrogate.gov.uk/pdf/DS-P-ConAreaTimble.pdf Local History]
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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire
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