Sawley, North Yorkshire

Risplith is a village in the civil parish of Sawley, in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Ripon on the B6265 road to Pateley Bridge. The name is believed to derive from Old Norse of slope overgrown with brushwood. The hamlet was previously in the Wapentake of Claro. An ice-cream manufacturer works in the village with a shop and restaurant where passers-by can stop and watch ice-cream being made. In 2018, it was named as one of Britain's best ice-cream parlours by The Daily Telegraph. Transport to Ripon and Harrogate is provided by the three times daily bus service (each way).

Aldfield is a village and civil parish in the former Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England, about three miles west of Ripon. It is the closest village to Fountains Abbey and became part of the abbey estate in 1356. The population of the parish was estimated at 80 in 2013. The parish now shares a grouped parish council with the civil parishes of Studley Roger and Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains, known as Fountains Abbey Parish Council. St Lawrence's Church, Aldfield, is a grade II* listed building, dating from the 1780s.

St Lawrence's Church is the parish church of Aldfield, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The first church on the site was built in the 14th century. It was rebuilt in the 1780s. In 1878, St Mary's, Studley Royal was completed, and superseded St Lawrence as the parish church, but in 1969 St Lawrence was restored to the role. The church was Grade II* listed in 1967. The church is built of gritstone rubble, with a slate roof. It has a three-bay nave, with a bellcote at the west end. There is a north transept with a vestry, and just a small east projection as a sanctuary. The building is in the Gothick style, with pointed windows, many of which have Y-shaped tracery. There is a sundial, which is inscribed "1696 Mr. A. SMITH R.W R.L." Inside, there is a three-decker pulpit, with a sounding board and original candlesticks, box pews throughout, and an organ at the west end.

Fountains Hall is a country house near Ripon in North Yorkshire, England, located within the World Heritage Site at Studley Royal Park which include the ruins of Fountains Abbey. It belongs to the National Trust and is a Grade I listed building.

Warsill is a settlement and civil parish in the Harrogate district, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It consists of a few scattered farms 5 miles (8 km) south west of Ripon. In 1961 the population of the parish was 42. The population was estimated at 70 in 2015.Warsill was historically an extra parochial area. It became a civil parish in 1858. Today it shares a grouped parish council with Bishop Thornton.The toponym, first recorded in 1132 as Warthsala, probably derives from the Old English weard sæl, meaning "watch castle". In the Middle Ages there was a grange of Fountains Abbey here, and Warsill Hall Farmhouse, a 17th-century Grade II listed building, now stands on its site.

Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England. It is located approximately 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Ripon in North Yorkshire, near the village of Aldfield. Founded in 1132, the abbey operated for 407 years, becoming one of the wealthiest monasteries in England until its dissolution, by order of Henry VIII, in 1539. In 1983, Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey was purchased by the National Trust. The abbey is maintained by English Heritage.

Bishop Thornton is a village in the civil parish of Bishop Thornton, Shaw Mills and Warsill, in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 521, decreasing to 507 at the 2011 census. The village is about seven miles north of Harrogate. Bishop Thornton has both Anglican and Roman Catholic churches, the latter being the oldest in the Diocese of Leeds, and two schools. The village was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.

St Joseph's Church is a Catholic church in Bishop Thornton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The existence of Catholic worship in Bishop Thornton is attested from at least 1746. In 1790, a presbytery was built for Richard Talbot and Charles Saul, on land donated by Stephen Ingilby. It has a decorative staircase leading up to a windowless room, where it is presumed that mass was said. In 1809, a church was built onto the presbytery. It was restored by Weightman & Brown from 1980 to 1981, and the whole structure was Grade II listed in 1986. It is the oldest purpose-built church in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds. Both the church and presbytery are built of gritstone with tile roofs. The presbytery has two storeys and attics, and three bays, a central porch and mullioned windows. The church to the right has four bays, round-headed windows, a porch at the east end, and a gable cross. Inside, most of the furnishing date to between 1875 and 1929, the period when Herman Geurts served as priest. The stained glass dates from the mid-20th century, and is by Hardman & Co. The church also contains a slab from the Mediaeval altar of Walworth Chapel.

The Church of St Mary, Studley Royal, is a Victorian Gothic Revival church built in the Early English style by William Burges. It is located in the grounds of Studley Royal Park at Fountains Abbey, in North Yorkshire, England. Burges was commissioned by the 1st Marquess of Ripon to build the church as a memorial church to Frederick Grantham Vyner, his brother-in-law. It is one of two such churches, the other being the Church of Christ the Consoler at Skelton-on-Ure.

St John's Church is an Anglican church in Bishop Thornton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The first church building in Bishop Thornton was constructed in about 1460, on the initiative of John Walworth. It was rebuilt in 1825 by John Oates but was demolished other than the tower in 1888. The three-stage tower (54°04′25″N 1°36′07″W) survives and is a Grade II listed building. The current church was consecrated in January 1889. It lies half a mile south of the old building. The small church is in the Decorated Gothic style, and it has an octagonal bellcote. The chancel has four small windows, which were relocated from the old church. There is an octagonal font, and an organ built by James Jepson Binns. The east window contains a depiction of the old church.

Studley Royal Park is an estate in North Yorkshire, England. The site has an area of 800 acres (323 ha) and includes an 18th-century landscaped garden; the ruins of Fountains Abbey; Fountains Hall, a Jacobean mansion; and the Victorian St Mary's church, designed by William Burges. Studley Royal House, around which the park and gardens were designed, burned down in 1946. The park, as Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey, has been designated a World Heritage Site. It has also been designated a grade I listed park and garden by Historic England, and various structures within it are individually listed. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the Fountains estate was owned by the Gresham, Proctor, and Messenger families. At the same time, the adjacent Studley estate was separately held by the Mallorie (or Mallory) and then Aislabie families, after the marriage of Mary Mallory and George Aislabie. The estates were combined on 22 December 1767, when William Aislabie purchased the Fountains estate from John Messenger. In 1966, the property came into public ownership after its purchase by West Riding County Council. In 1983, it was acquired by the National Trust. The gardens and park reflect every stage in the evolution of English garden fashion, from the late 17th century to the 1780s and beyond. Most unusually, both John and William embraced new garden fashions by extending their designed landscape rather than replacing and remaking outmoded parts. As a result, the cumulative whole is a catalogue of significant landscaping styles.

Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, 2 miles (3 km) west of Ripon. There is no village in the parish. The population of the parish was estimated at 50 in 2016. The southern half of the civil parish comprises most of Studley Royal Park, an estate which since 1767 has included the ruins and estate of Fountains Abbey. The estate is now the property of the National Trust and is open to the public. The northern half of the parish includes the farming settlements of High Lindrick and Low Lindrick. Lindrick and Studley Royal were historically extra-parochial areas in Claro Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire. They became a civil parish in 1858. In 1974 the parish was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire, and was in the Borough of Harrogate from 1974 to 2023. The parish now shares a grouped parish council with the civil parishes of Studley Roger and Aldfield, known as Fountains Abbey Parish Council.