Bridge Hewick

Bridge Hewick is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

The village is situated on the River Ure, and approximately 2 miles (3 km) east of the cathedral city of Ripon.

[2] According to A Dictionary of British Place Names, 'Bridge Hewick' could be derived from the Old English 'brycg' for "at the bridge", with 'heah+wic', meaning a "high or chief dairy-farm".

Hewick is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Heawic", in the Hallikeld Hundred of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

[5] In 1870–02 Bridge Hewick was a township of 867 acres (4 km2) in the civil parish of Ripon, with a population of 89 in 18 houses.

B6265 road bridge over the River Ure at Bridge Hewick