Thorpe Willoughby
Thorpe Willoughby is a village and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England.Thorp, "an outlying farmstead or hamlet", "a dependent secondary settlement".Like Hambleton, Thorpe Willoughby has a hill to the south of the village, Brayton Barff.These two prominences appear to be the only high ground in the Vale of York, which is at its widest here, until the land rises towards Hillam and Monk Fryston in the West.Both prominences may represent the remains of "crag and tail" structures from the Wurm glacial episode 10,000 years ago, the Escrick moraine lying further north at York.
North Yorkshire2011 censusOS grid referenceLondonUnitary authorityCeremonial countyRegionYorkshire and the HumberCountryEnglandSovereign statePost townPostcode districtPoliceAmbulanceYorkshirecivil parishSelby DistrictWest Riding of Yorkshirepublic housefish and chipBraytonHambletonHillamMonk FrystonEscrickUK CensusOffice for National Statistics