Welcome to The Thorpe Willoughby Website

This site is provided by Thorpe Willoughby Parish Council

This site is for the people of Thorpe Willoughby and all ideas and comments are welcome.

Please use the Have Your Say Page.

**** Shed Break-ins in Thorpe Willoughby****

Please be aware that there have been items stolen from Garden Sheds

If you see anything suspicious – report it to NY Police Tel 101

The North Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel is seeking two committed and energetic people from North Yorkshire and York to serve as co-opted independent members from summer 2012 for a four year term. Further information and an application form can be downloaded from www.nypartnerships.org.uk/pcp or telephone 01609 536030 to request a copy.  The closing date for applications is Friday, 1 June 2012.

Speeding vehicles  in the Village – If you see them report them.

Thorpe Willoughby Facts

Thorpe Willoughby is a village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated just off the A63 road and is in close proximity to Selby.

Thorpe Willoughby has a village pub called “The Fox”, a set of local shops with a fish and chip shop, a primary school, a village green and village hall, and a sports field with associated bar. The United Kingdom Census 2001 states the population of Thorpe Willoughby to be 2,822.

Scand. Thorp, “an outlying farmstead or hamlet”, “a dependent secondary settlement”. 1086 Torp, 1276 Thorp Wyleby.

The manorial affix originates from the Willeby family who were resident here in the 1200s. In the Brayton parish register of the 1700s it is referred to as Thorp.

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.