Upper Helmsley

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Upper Helmsley
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Upper Helmsley
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference SE695056
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town YORK
Postcode district YO41
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54°00′15″N0°56′28″W / 54.00414°N 0.94106°W / 54.00414; -0.94106

Upper Helmsley is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, about seven miles east of York. The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Gate Helmsley.

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History

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Hamelsec in the Bulford hundred and as a possession of Ligulf. After the Norman invasion the land was granted to Count Robert of Mortain who made Nigel Fossard the local lord of the manor. [1]

Governance

The village lies within the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency. It also lies within the Hovingham & Sheriff Hutton electoral ward of North Yorkshire Council and the Ryedale South West ward of Ryedale District Council. [2]

Geography

The 1881 UK Census recorded the population as 71. [3]

The nearest settlements are Gate Helmsley 0.9 miles (1.4 km) to the south; Warthill 1.63 miles (2.62 km) to the south west; Sand Hutton 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north and Stamford Bridge 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the south east. [2]

Religion

There is a church in the village dedicated to St Peter, rebuilt in 1888. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Upper Helmsley in the Domesday Book
  2. 1 2 "OpenData support | OS Tools & Support".
  3. 1 2 Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890. S&N Publishing. 1890. p. 710. ISBN   1-86150-299-0.

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