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Hirst Courtney
Location within North Yorkshire
Population287 (2011) [1]
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Post town Selby
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53°42′47″N1°04′23″W / 53.713°N 1.073°W / 53.713; -1.073

Hirst Courtney is a village and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England.

The name derives from Old English Hyrst (wooded hill) and possession by the Courtney family in the thirteenth century. [2] In 1825 the population was 144, in 23 households. [3] In 2011 the population was 287.

The village was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. [4]

The village formally had a public house called the Royal Oak Inn. It closed in 2015. [5] In November 2022, an application to demolished the pub and replaced it with housing was approved [5] after previously being rejected by Selby District Council in April. [6]

Until 2014, Hirst Courtney shared a community primary school with neighbouring village Temple Hirst. [7] In 2012 the school received a requires improvement rating from Ofsted. [8] In November 2013, the school had less than 14 pupils enrolled, a decrease from the previous inspection when there was 26. The school closed on 22 April 2014, and the remaining pupils were transferred to Chapel Haddlesey CE VC School. [9]

In February 2020, parts of the village were evacuated during flooding from the River Aire. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  2. ↑ David Mills (20 October 2011). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. OUP Oxford. p. 241. ISBN   978-0-19-960908-6.
  3. ↑ Benjamin Pitts Capper (1825). A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom ... G. B. Whittaker. p. 441.
  4. ↑ "History of Hirst Courtney, in Selby and West Riding | Map and description". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  5. 1 2 Cooper, Joe (15 November 2022). "Village pub to be demolished and replaced by housing". YorkMix . Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  6. ↑ Cooper, Joe (7 April 2022). "Plan to demolish Royal Oak Inn, in Hirst Courtney, is rejected". York Press. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "North Yorkshire's smallest school closure consultation". BBC News. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "Hirst Courtney and Temple Hirst Community Primary School inspection (2012)". Ofsted. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Easter threat for Temple Hirst Community Primary School, near Selby". York Press. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  10. ↑ Willers, Daniel (25 February 2020). "Part of Hirst Courtney evacuated as River Aire bursts its banks". York Press . Retrieved 17 November 2022.


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