FOLLIFOOT: Harrogate Parish #26 of 139

HARROGATE PARISH #26: FOLLIFOOT

Follifoot – “Place of the Horse Fight”

This week in Harrogate I’ve got for you what has become my favourite village so far in the district. This is Follifoot, arguably just as historic as Spofforth, but for some very different reasons. Follifoot is a small village located on a shallow incline. It situated just South of the A658, which bypasses it and four miles south-east of Harrogate. The peculiar village name is all to do with horses, because equine sports were popular in these parts. It wasn’t listed in the Domesday Book and so the earliest known records date from the 12th century when it was named Pholifet.

Since the 19th century, this one has been associated with the Radcliffe family who occupied the Rudding Park Estate. As such, at the centre of the village there stands the enormous entrance to the park – known simply as the Rudding Gates. It’s a landmark you would struggle to miss! Also in the 19th century, the village was a thriving community supported by such commerce as the flax industry, tanning, tailors, joiners, a wheelwright, cordwainers and blacksmiths. Now businesses are few but there’s still two pubs, a shop and a school.

Oh by the way, this one has nothing to do with the 1970s TV series Follyfoot, in case you were wondering. Ironically though, that was produced by Yorkshire Television, literally just down the road.

Lets go.

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Rudding Park:

Luxe Spa Break At Rudding Park Hotel, Harrogate

Hotel review: Rudding Park, Harrogate

https://www.kayak.co.uk/Harrogate-Hotels-Rudding-Park.54630.ksp
https://www.ruddingpark.co.uk/explore/
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g4798344-d191792-Reviews-Rudding_Park-Follifoot_Harrogate_North_Yorkshire_England.html
https://www.booking.com/hotel/gb/ruddingpark.en-gb.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudding_Park
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/buildings/35269885

Tunnel:

Prospect Tunnel

War Memorial:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/29598

General History:
http://www.visitoruk.com/Harrogate/follifoot-C592-V10799.html

Shop:

Shop

Harewood Arms:
https://whatpub.com/pubs/HAR/7537/harewood-arms-follifoot#google_vignette

HC Townsend:
https://hctownsend.co.uk/

Village Hall:
https://www.follifootvillagehall.com/

School Federation:
https://follifootandspofforth.co.uk/

Mounting Block:

2009 June

Radcliffe Arms:
https://whatpub.com/pubs/HAR/7538/radcliffe-arms-follifoot

Cricket Club:
https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/follifootcricketclub/a/club-history-37952.html

Follifields:

Follifields

General History:

About

Demographics:
https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/yorkshireandthehumber/admin/harrogate/E04007345__follifoot/

Rightmove:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/follifoot.html?page=1

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Brendan Perkins – “Foxsnow” (B. Perkins)

Brendan Perkins – “Mickey’s House” (B. Perkins)

The Keyhouse – “Voices” (H. Flunder)

The Keyhouse – “Circles” (H. Flunder)

Helen Flunder – “Sun” (H. Flunder)

Helen Flunder – “Angels” (H. Flunder)

Helen Flunder – “C Song” (H. Flunder)

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