Wass, North Yorkshire

Wass is a village in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, in the North York Moors National Park. A short distance from the village lie the ruins of Byland Abbey. Despite the small size of the village (population about 100) there is a pub, the Stapylton Arms. It is at the foot of Wass Bank and has views of the surrounding countryside.[1]

Wass
Wass seen from the east
Wass is located in North Yorkshire
Wass
Wass
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE555793
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townYORK
Postcode districtYO61
Dialling code01347
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
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UK Parliament

The toponym probably means 'fords', from Middle English wathes and ultimately from Old Norse vath. The village is at the junction of several small streams.[2] Another suggestion is that the name derives from the Old English Wæsse, meaning swamp.[3]

To the east of the village is Wass Grange, in which building the monks of Byland Abbey stored their grain before the Dissolution of the Monasteries. In May 2009 the nuns of Stanbrook Abbey, in Worcestershire, re-established themselves in a purpose-built convent near Wass.[4]

References
  1. Warne, Malcolm (9 April 2022). "Eating Out: 'They do things properly at the Stapylton'". Darlington and Stockton Times. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  2. Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Wass", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521168557
  3. Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 500. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  4. "How the building of a North York Moors convent was a modern day miracle". The Yorkshire Post. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

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