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Starbeck is a village and suburb of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. The population of Starbeck Ward taken at the 2011 census was 6,226. [1] It has many facilities, including Starbeck railway station, which serves the Harrogate Line.
Starbeck reputedly takes its name from the 'Star Beck' (Old Norse stǫrr bekkr "sedge brook"), [2] which flows into the Crimple Beck, a tributary of the Nidd. [3]
Starbeck was originally a hamlet in the township of Bilton with Harrogate in the ancient parish of Knaresborough. [4] The township was part of the ancient Royal Forest of Knaresborough, which is situated to the south of the River Nidd. In 1896 Starbeck became a separate civil parish, but in 1938 the civil parish was abolished and Starbeck was absorbed into the Municipal Borough of Harrogate. [5]
In 1811, the Harrogate Workhouse was built in Starbeck. [6] In 1858 the workhouse was closed because of the opening of the Knaresborough Workhouse. [6]
The railway came to Starbeck in 1848. [7] The railway buildings gradually increased, and with them came a corn mill, malt house and water bottling plant. The population expanded rapidly in this period, most families owing their livelihood in some way to the railway. [6]
In the 1950s the decline set in. In 1951 the Nidd Valley Line closed to passengers and the loop line to Pannal (under Crimple Viaduct) closed completely. In September 1959 the engine shed and marshalling yard closed. In 1967 the passenger service to Ripon was withdrawn. [8]
The last goods train travelled the old Leeds to Thirsk railway line from Starbeck to Northallerton on 9 October 1969, leaving only the current Harrogate Line. [9] By 1969 the station was no longer staffed and the station buildings, goods shed and coal depot were demolished in 1978. [6]
The High Street shops include a chemist, butchers' outlet, general stores, motorcycle shop, veterinary practice and a growing number of fast food take-aways. [6] There is only one public house, after the British Heritage Society-listed Henry Peacock Pub, named after the master of the local workhouse, [10] due to be demolished in 2016, was turned into a terrace of apartments with retail stores on the ground floor. [11]
Taylors of Harrogate's Yorkshire Tea factory, [12] Betty's Craft Bakery, [13] a large Morrisons supermarket and a branch of Currys/PC World lie within a nearby industrial estate.
Harrogate's local bus company, The Harrogate Bus Company, also has its depot located by the railway line. The Harrogate Bus Company's parent, Transdev Blazefield, is also registered at the depot. [14]
There are historical public baths in Spa Lane, in keeping with the spa history of the Harrogate area. [15]
Starbeck has been a frequent winner of the Royal Horticultural Society "In Bloom" award in the Urban Community Category.
The Forest Lane level crossing in Starbeck was used by Yorkshire Television for the filming of a scene in the Beiderbecke Affair . Starbeck also featured in a 1989 episode of Yorkshire Television's The New Statesman .
Starbuck is a toponymic surname for families from Starbeck. In the seventeenth century the progenitor of the Starbuck family in America emigrated to the New World. The Starbuck whaling family would be based in Nantucket. This family would be the inspiration for the name of Starbuck, a character in Moby-Dick, which in turn would be the origin of the name for Starbucks coffee. [16]
Harrogate is a spa town in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town is a tourist destination and its visitor attractions include its spa waters and RHS Harlow Carr gardens. 13 miles (21 km) away from the town centre is the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the Nidderdale AONB.
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Starbeck is a railway station on the Harrogate Line, which runs between Leeds and York via Harrogate. The station, situated 18+1⁄4 miles (29 km) west of York, serves the village of Starbeck, in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
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The Leeds–Northallerton railway is a partly disused railway line between West and North Yorkshire, in northern England.
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The Leeds Northern Railway (LNR), originally the Leeds and Thirsk Railway, was an English railway company that built and opened a line from Leeds to Stockton via Harrogate and Thirsk. In 1845 the Leeds and Thirsk Railway received permission for a line from Leeds to Thirsk, part of which opened in 1848, but problems building the Bramhope Tunnel delayed trains operating into Leeds until 1849.
The East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway was a railway company established in 1846 between the Leeds and Thirsk Railway at Knaresborough and the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway near York, England. The company merged into the York and North Midland Railway in 1852.
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The Nidderdale Greenway is a 4-mile (6.4 km) path that runs between Harrogate and Ripley in North Yorkshire, England. It uses a former railway line that ran between Harrogate and Pateley Bridge as its course. The route connects to other cycle paths including the Way of the Roses.
Knaresborough Viaduct is a viaduct in the North Yorkshire town of Knaresborough, England. The viaduct carries the Harrogate line over the River Nidd in the town. The viaduct was supposed to have opened in 1848, but the first construction collapsed into the river very near to completion, which necessitated a new viaduct and delayed the opening of the line through Knaresborough by three years.
