Temple Hirst

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Temple Hirst
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The Sloop Inn, Temple Hirst
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Temple Hirst
Location within North Yorkshire
Population117 (2011 census) [1]
OS grid reference SE600251
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SELBY
Postcode district YO8
Police North Yorkshire
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53°43′08″N1°05′32″W / 53.718905°N 1.092118°W / 53.718905; -1.092118

Temple Hirst is a village and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England. It was formerly in the wapentake of Barkston Ash in the West Riding of Yorkshire. [2] The village is located on the north bank of the River Aire. In the 2011 census the population was 117. [1]

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Naming

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Temple Manor
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St John's Chapel

'Temple' marks a former estate of the Knights Templar, and is found in other parts of the country, such as Cressing Temple, Essex, Temple Balsall, Warwickshire, Temple Bruer, Lincolnshire, Templecombe, Somerset, Temple Cowley, Oxfordshire, Temple Dinsley, Hertfordshire, Temple Ewell, Kent, Temple Guiting, Gloucestershire, and Temple Newsam, Yorkshire. [3]

'Hirst' is from the Old English for copse or wooded hill, suggesting a patch of slightly higher ground in this low-lying landscape. [4]

History

Temple Hirst was held by the Knights Templar from around 1152, who established Temple Hirst Preceptory. [5]

In 1871, North Eastern Railway established a railway station at Temple Hirst as part of the East Coast Main Line. It closed to passengers in 1961. [6]

In 2001, the population of the parish was 133, which had fallen at the 2011 Census to 117. [7] [1] In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated that the population was 120. [8]

Notable buildings

Temple Manor is a 17th-century house which includes a late 15th- or early 16th-century tower from the house of the Darcy family, and a stone doorway from Temple Hirst Preceptory. It was extensively renovated and altered around 1980 to become a public house. [9] It is now Temple Manor Care Home.

St John's Chapel is a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel which was built in 1842. From 1976 to 2018 the chapel was used by the Church of England. [10]

The Sloop Inn is a public house. The name reflects the type of boat – the sloop – which used to travel along the river.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Temple Hirst Parish (E04007774)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "History of Temple Hirst, in Selby and West Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  3. ↑ Martin, Sean (2004). The Knights Templar. Harpenden: Pocket Essentials. p. 104. ISBN   1-904048-28-5.
  4. ↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 242. ISBN   0-19-869103-3.
  5. ↑ "Houses of Knights Templar | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  6. ↑ Hoole, Ken (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 192. ISBN   0-7153-8527-5.
  7. ↑ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Temple Hirst Parish (36UH077)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  9. ↑ Historic England. "Temple Manor, Temple Hirst (1295905)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "Parish records of Chapel Haddlesey – Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
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