Earliest meeting: Tuesday 27th October 1863
Final meeting: Tuesday 27th October 1863
The North Yorkshire village of Flawith is in the Hambledon district of the county, 10 miles north of the city of York and 4 miles south west of Easingwold. Its name derives from the old Norse words of flagth and vard, meaning ford of the witch. Despite being quite isolated in the middle of the 19th century, it held its own race meeting in the glorious countryside which surrounds the village. That meeting took place in fields on the edge of the village on Tuesday 27th October 1863 and opened with the Flawith Silver Cup over 6 furlongs which saw Mr Morfitt’s Ace of Clubs beat 4 others. The other main race of the day, the Farmers’ Prize, was won by Mr Johnson’s bay mare, but there then followed a pony race and a trotting race. There are no later records of meetings taking place in the village.

Tuesday 27th October 1863
Flawith Silver Cup over ¾ mile
1. Ace of Clubs, aged horse owned by Mr Morfitt

Much of the information about this course has been found using internet research and is in the public domain. However, useful research sources have been:-

London Illustrated News

Racing Illustrated 1895-1899

The Sporting & Dramatic Illustrated

Northern Turf History Volumes 1-4 by J.Fairfax-Blakeborough

The Sporting Magazine

A Long Time Gone by Chris Pitt first published in 1996 ISBN 0 900599 89 8

Racing Calendars which were first published in 1727

ISBN 978-0-9957632-0-3

652 pages

774 former courses

ISBN 978-0-9957632-1-0

352 pages

400 former courses

ISBN 978-0-9957632-2-7

180 pages

140 former courses

ISBN 978-0-9957632-3-4

264 pages

235 former courses