Barkston Ash

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Boundary stone on junction of Main Street with the A162 road
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Barkston Ash
Location within North Yorkshire
Population370 (2011 census) [1]
OS grid reference SE491361
Civil parish
  • Barkston Ash
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town TADCASTER
Postcode district LS24
Police North Yorkshire
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53°49′07″N1°15′19″W / 53.81861°N 1.25528°W / 53.81861; -1.25528

Barkston Ash is a small village and civil parish close to Selby in North Yorkshire, England. It was formerly known as Barkston, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. [2] [3] In 2011 the parish had a population of 370.

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History

The village dates back to at least 1090, when it was spelled Barcestone. [3] It was part of the Selby District from 1974 until 2023, the village previously gave its name to the former wapentake of Barkston Ash. [4] The Ash part of the name comes from a large ash tree said to be at the approximate centre of the ancient county of Yorkshire, where meetings for the wapentake would be held. [2] [5]

What is now the A162 London Road was a turnpike constructed in 1769: the Main Street and the major part of the village goes East from the junction with this. [5]

On 14 October 1976 the parish was renamed from "Barkston" to "Barkston Ash". [6]

Barkston Ash was also the name of the local parliamentary constituency of Barkston Ash until 1983, when its boundaries were redrawn to divide the area into Elmet and Selby. [3]

Features

The village contains a small Church of England church, Holy Trinity originally a chapel of ease constructed in 1880, but given its current name and status in 1974. [5] There are two pubs, the Ash Tree (on the site of a former coaching inn) and the Boot and Shoe, a village hall and a primary school (dating from 1856). [7] There were formerly two shops and a post office on Main Street, now private residences. [3]

There are three 17th to 19th century stone Grade II listed building houses near the junction of Main Street and Church Street: Laurel Farm, [8] Barkston House, [9] and Turpin Hall Farm. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Barkston Ash Parish (1170217377)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 Lewis, Samuel. "Barkston". ukga.org. UK Genealogy Archives. Retrieved 12 July 2018. Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, 7th edition, published in 1848.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "About Barkston Ash". barkstonash.co.uk. Barkston Ash Parish Council. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  4. ↑ Langdale, Thomas (1822). A topographical dictionary of Yorkshire; containing the names of all the towns, villages, hamlets, gentlemen's seats, &c. in the county of York. Northallerton: Langdale J. p.  149. OCLC   5211910.
  5. 1 2 3 North Yorkshire Federation of Women's Institutes (1991). North Yorkshire Village Book. Countryside Books. p. 26. ISBN   978-1853061370.
  6. ↑ "Selby Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  7. ↑ "Barkston Ash Catholic Primary School". barkstonash.n-yorks.sch.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  8. ↑ Historic England. "Laurel Farm (1148434)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  9. ↑ Historic England. "Barkston House (1316334)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  10. ↑ Historic England. "Turpin Hall Farm (1148433)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 12 July 2018.
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