Bouthwaite is a hamlet in the former Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England.It is situated in Nidderdale, to the north of Pateley Bridge, close to the village of Ramsgill.The toponym means "cottage or store-house clearing", from the Old Norse búr and þveit.[1] Fountains Abbey owned the land in the Middle Ages and established a grange at Bouthwaite.[2] The farmhouse named Bouthwaite Grange now stands on the site.