Thorganby, North Yorkshire

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Thorganby
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Population330 (2011 census) [1]
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Thorganby is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974, [2] but from 1974 to 2023 was in the Selby District of the shire county of North Yorkshire. In 2023 the district was abolished and North Yorkshire became a unitary authority.

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It is situated 3 miles (4.8 km) from the village of Wheldrake. According to the 2011 census the village had 330 residents. Children in the village attend Wheldrake with Thorganby C of E (Aided) Primary School, located in Wheldrake.

History

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Torgrembi, and was listed as belonging to Ralph Paynel, the lord in chief of the area. [3] Thorganby derives from a personal name Thorgrim and the Old Norse bȳ, meaning farmstead or village. [4]

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St Helen’s Church, Thorganby

A church is first recorded in 1228, when the advowson was appointed to Robert de Meynell. [5] However, the present structure, St Helen's Church, which is a grade I listed building, dates from the 15th century. [6] The church is in the ecclesiastical parish of Thorganby, which is in the Diocese of York. [7]

Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount Valentia is buried in the churchyard of St. Helens.

The village was in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, but was previously in the Ouse and Derwent Wapentake of the East Riding of Yorkshire. [8] [9] [10] But in 2023 the district was abolished and North Yorkshire became a unitary authority.

The village is on the west bank of the River Derwent [11] and is across the river from the Lower Derwent National Nature Reserve. [12]

The nearest railway station in the 19th century was Escrick, some 5 miles (8 km) to the west. [13] However, in 1913, Thorganby gained its own station on the newly opened Derwent Valley Light Railway, which provided a link between York and Selby. [14] The station closed in 1926 to passengers, but remained open until 1964 for goods traffic. [15]

In the 2001 census, the parish had 241 residents, [16] and increasing by the 2011 census to 330. [1] In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to have risen again to 350. [17]

Film star Robert Redford visited a pub in the village with friends in March 2011 while in the UK to promote the Sundance London Film Festival. [18]

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References

  1. 1 2 UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Thorganby Parish (E04007775)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "History of Thorganby, in Selby and East Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Thorganby | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 466. ISBN   0-19-869103-3.
  5. ↑ "Thorganby | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  6. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Helen (Grade I) (1148469)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Church of St Helen". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "History of Thorganby, in Selby and East Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "Thorganby, North Yorkshire, England - Borthwick Catalogue". borthcat.york.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "Ouse and Derwent Wapentake | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "290" (Map). York. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN   9780319244876.
  12. ↑ "Lower Derwent Valley | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust". www.ywt.org.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  13. ↑ "Genuki: THORGANBY: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1892., Yorkshire (East Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  14. ↑ Suggitt, Gordon (2007). Lost railways of North and East Yorkshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. p. 127. ISBN   978-1-85306-918-5.
  15. ↑ Young, Alan (2015). Lost Stations of Yorkshire; the North and East Ridings. Kettering: Silver Link. p. 111. ISBN   978-1-85794-453-2.
  16. ↑ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Thorganby Parish (36UH078)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  17. ↑ "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  18. ↑ "Film star Robert Redford in Thorganby village pub". BBC News. 17 March 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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