Hipswell is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the Richmondshire

Richmondshire

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 district of North Yorkshire

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, England

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. It acts in many ways as a suburb of Catterick Garrison

Catterick Garrison

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, into which it merges. It is the birthplace of noted English theologian John Wycliffe

John Wycliffe

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, leader of the Lollard Movement

Lollardy

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Hipswell parish is formed by the villages of Hipswell with Colburn and Scotton. Hipswell is served by the church of St. John the Evangelist, Hipswell Road, Hipswell.

Situated close to the church, Hipswell Hall is a 15th century manor house, with alterations dated 1596, possibly originally part of a fortified house, built for the Fulthorpe family.