Hirst Courtney

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Hirst Courtney
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Hirst Courtney
Location within North Yorkshire
Population287 (2011) [1]
Civil parish
  • Hirst Courtney
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Selby
Postcode district YO8
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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 county 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] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Selby, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

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]

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. 27 November 2013. 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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