Galphay

Galphay is a village in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

Galphay

Galphay looking west, showing part of the village green.
Galphay
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE2507872662
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRIPON
Postcode districtHG4
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire

It is a lower dales village with around 70 houses, some four miles away from Ripon and close to the larger village of Kirkby Malzeard. A large central green is used for village events and has a flagstaff, village seat and a number of trees. The pub, The Galphay Inn is open Tuesdays to Sundays. The village has no church, shops or other public buildings and the Red Phone Box is also under threat of closure.

It is thought that the name may mean "the enclosure of the gallows".[1] The earliest documentation about Galphay records that it was owned by Fountains Abbey in 1189.

Galphay now has around 70 houses, with a population of about 200. In the last 100 years, a village school was opened; and subsequently closed. The same fate awaited the Methodist Chapel, which is now a private house.[2] A 'Village Institute', which was established after the First World War, is still in existence; housed in wooden structure originally used to house troops in training camp.

References
  1. "Heritage Open Days 2014" (PDF). Nidderdale AONB. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. "The former Methodist chapel, Galphay". GENUKI. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.


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