Wharram-le-Street

Wharram-le-Street
Wharram-le-Street, aerial
Wharram-le-Street Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE8665
Civil parish	Wharram
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MALTON
Postcode district	YO17
Dialling code	01944
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Thirsk and Malton
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°04′54″N0°40′57″W / 54.0818°N 0.6824°W / 54.0818; -0.6824

Wharram-le-Street is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wharram, in North Yorkshire, England.

Until the 1974 local government reorganisation, Wharram-le-Street was part of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and from 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale. Since 2023, it is administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The village is on the B1248 road between North Grimston and the boundary with the present East Riding of Yorkshire unitary authority.

The Church of England parish church of St Mary is late Anglo-Saxon ^[1] and is a Grade I listed building. ^[2] .

History

The name Wharram possibly derives from the plural form of either the Old English hwer meaning 'cauldron', or the Old Norse hvarf meaning 'bend'. ^[3] The affix "le-Street" in the toponym refers to the fact that the village is beside the course of a former Roman road. The Domesday Book of 1086 records the manor as Warham. About 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village is the deserted medieval village of Wharram Percy. Wharram railway station on the Malton and Driffield Railway served the village from 1853 to 1950. ^[4] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Raisthorpe and Burdale and Wharram Percy to form Wharram. ^[5]

In 1931 the parish had a population of 133. ^[6]

References

1. Pevsner 1972 , p. 367.
2. Historic England. "Church of Saint Mary (1149064)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 25 October 2013.
3. "Wharram-le-Street". Key to English Place-Names. The Institute for Name-Studies. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
4. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
5. "Relationships and changes Wharram CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
6. "Population statistics Wharram le Street CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 13 September 2021.

Sources

• Pevsner, Nikolaus (1972). Yorkshire: York & the East Riding. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 367–8. ISBN   0-14-0710-43-4.

External links

• Wharram-le-Street in the Domesday Book